VDSM in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 and 3.2 allows privileged guest users to…
Priority LOW 14Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
VDSM in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 and 3.2 allows privileged guest users to cause the host to become "unavailable to the managment server" via guestInfo dictionaries with "unexpected fields."
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00562 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2013:0907 Released 2013-06-10 · Red Hat rating Importantrhev-hypervisor6 security and bug fix update
- RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 rhev-hypervisor6-6.4-20130528.0.el6_4
- RHSA-2013:0886 Released 2013-06-10 · Red Hat rating Moderaterhev 3.2 - vdsm security and bug fix update
- RHEV Agents (vdsm) vdsm-4.10.2-22.0.el6ev, vdsm-cli-4.10.2-22.0.el6ev, vdsm-hook-vhostmd-4.10.2-22.0.el6ev +3
- RHEV-M 3.2 vdsm-4.10.2-22.0.el6ev, vdsm-bootstrap-4.10.2-22.0.el6ev
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| RHEV Agents (vdsm) | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0886 |
| RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0907 |
| RHEV-M 3.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0886 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-0167
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p535-jw3f-q6gj
References
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Sources
- CVE-2013-0167 · CVE Program
- CVE-2013-0167 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p535-jw3f-q6gj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2013-0167 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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