Access Restriction Bypass Affecting libvirt package, versions <1.1.3~rc1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-LIBVIRT-18579057
  • published7 Aug 2026
  • disclosed3 Oct 2013

Introduced: 3 Oct 2013

CVE-2013-4311  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest libvirt to version 1.1.3~rc1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt package and not the libvirt package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

libvirt 1.0.5.x before 1.0.5.6, 0.10.2.x before 0.10.2.8, and 0.9.12.x before 0.9.12.2 allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition in pkcheck via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1