What is CVE-2020-10701?

CVE-2020-10701 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Libvirt, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-27.

How severe is CVE-2020-10701?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Redhat Libvirt

CVE-2020-10701

A missing authorization flaw was found in the libvirt API responsible for changing the QEMU agent response timeout. This flaw allows read-only connections to adjust the time that libvirt waits for the QEMU guest agent to respond to agent c…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.009 (54.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Redhat Libvirt
N/a Libvirt — versions libvirt 6.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

secalert@redhat.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10701?: CVE-2020-10701 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Libvirt, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-10701?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.