ELSA-2026-88421: Security update for 19 packages

ELSA-2026-88421, released November 7, 2026, fixes 1 CVE across 19 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVEs closed

None rated Critical

Exploited

None reported

Highest CVSS

7.3

Base score, 0 to 10

Highest EPSS

0.0014

3rd percentile

Fixed package versions

Product	Release	Fixed in
qemu-guest-agent	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-img	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-kvm	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-kvm-audio-pa	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-kvm-block-blkio	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-kvm-block-curl	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-kvm-block-rbd	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-kvm-common	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-kvm-core	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-kvm-device-usb-host	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-kvm-docs	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-kvm-tools	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-kvm-ui-opengl	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
qemu-pr-helper	ol 9	17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9

CVEs this fix closes

Priority	CVE	Title	CVSS	EPSS	Exploitation
High	CVE-2026-12080	Qemu-kvm: qemu-guest-agent: local privilege escalation via symlink attack in guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys	7.3	0.0014	None reported

Also fixes CVE-2026-12080

ALSA-2026:88421
qemu-guest-agent, qemu-img, qemu-kvm and 17 more on almalinux 9
RLSA-2026:88421
qemu-kvm on rocky 9
RHSA-2026:88421
qemu-guest-agent, qemu-img, qemu-kvm and 17 more on RHEL 9
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12080
qemu on Debian 14

Vendor advisory

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-88421.html

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