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TI-2019-09678 Aliases CVE-2019-12928GHSA-pwcf-p9qx-3948

The QMP migrate command in QEMU version 4.0.0 and earlier is vulnerable to OS command…

Priority MEDIUM 62CWE-668Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

The QMP migrate command in QEMU version 4.0.0 and earlier is vulnerable to OS command injection, which allows the remote attacker to achieve code execution, denial of service, or information disclosure by sending a crafted QMP command to the listening server. Note: This has been disputed as a non-issue since QEMU's -qmp interface is meant to be used by trusted users. If one is able to access this interface via a tcp socket open to the internet, then it is an insecure configuration issue

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.23036 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.0.0VulnerableQEMU
  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.0.0 Vulnerable ·QEMU

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 9 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-12928
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pwcf-p9qx-3948

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2024-16148 QEMU before 8.2.0 has an integer underflow, and resultant buffer overflow, via a TI… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-02736 Uncontrolled resource consumption in QEMU CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-02681 Qemu: 9pfs: improper access control on special files CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2024-03326 Qemu-kvm: net: assertion failure in update_sctp_checksum() CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2023-22631 QEMU through 8.0.0 could trigger a division by zero in scsi_disk_reset in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2015-07039 Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0
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Sources

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