Description
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in QEMU's 9pfs subsystem. A race condition between the main thread and a worker thread when processing concurrent Tlcreate and Twalk requests allows a malicious guest user to craft a fid path containing stale heap data, bypassing directory traversal restrictions and escaping the shared directory boundary. This can lead to arbitrary host file read/write and code execution (VM escape) as the QEMU process user.
Published: 2026-09-25
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Do not configure 9pfs/VirtFS filesystem sharing (-fsdev, -virtfs) on affected QEMU instances. If host-guest file sharing is required, use virtio-fs (virtiofsd) as an alternative, which does not use the vulnerable 9pfs code path.

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History

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:45:00 +0000

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Description A use-after-free vulnerability was found in QEMU's 9pfs subsystem. A race condition between the main thread and a worker thread when processing concurrent Tlcreate and Twalk requests allows a malicious guest user to craft a fid path containing stale heap data, bypassing directory traversal restrictions and escaping the shared directory boundary. This can lead to arbitrary host file read/write and code execution (VM escape) as the QEMU process user.
Title Qemu-kvm: 9pfs: use-after-free race in tlcreate/twalk allows vm guest escape
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat enterprise Linux Nvidia
Redhat openshift
Redhat openstack
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_nvidia:
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:13
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat enterprise Linux Nvidia
Redhat openshift
Redhat openstack
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Nvidia Openshift Openstack
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-25T13:50:26.440Z

Reserved: 2026-09-18T18:12:23.908Z

Link: CVE-2026-93834

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-25T13:49:52.580Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-25T14:17:24.063

Modified: 2026-09-25T14:17:24.063

Link: CVE-2026-93834

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-25T17:30:16Z

Weaknesses