SB2026010864 - SUSE update for libvirt
Published: January 8, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-12748)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling XML files. A remote user can pass a specially crafted XML file to the application, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Incorrect default permissions (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-13193)
CWE-ID: CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to external inactive snapshots for shut-down VMs are incorrectly created as world-readable. A remote user can inspect the guest OS contents.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.