FKIE_CVE-2026-53657

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-10 17:16 - Updated: 2026-07-10 19:10
Severity
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Lima launches Linux virtual machines, typically on macOS, for running containerd. Prior to 2.1.3, on an instance of Lima running with the qemu driver, an arbitrary user in the VM could access /run/lima-guestagent.sock when the guest agent is enabled, which could result in running arbitrary commands with root privileges in the VM because the guest agent socket provides tunneling for arbitrary addresses, including Unix socket addresses for privileged daemons like D-Bus. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.3.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/lima-vm/lima/commit/8a45892378d22f40505c31a38f786a07701b6d50
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/lima-vm/lima/commit/b08cae8a670cf916d5da11c48a6de76dabd89678
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/lima-vm/lima/releases/tag/v2.1.3
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/lima-vm/lima/security/advisories/GHSA-2j9v-p4xj-cjw2
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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    {
      "affectedData": [
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          "product": "lima",
          "vendor": "lima-vm",
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              "status": "affected",
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Lima launches Linux virtual machines, typically on macOS, for running containerd. Prior to 2.1.3, on an instance of Lima running with the qemu driver, an arbitrary user in the VM could access /run/lima-guestagent.sock when the guest agent is enabled, which could result in running arbitrary commands with root privileges in the VM because the guest agent socket provides tunneling for arbitrary addresses, including Unix socket addresses for privileged daemons like D-Bus. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.3."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-53657",
  "lastModified": "2026-07-10T19:10:59.333",
  "metrics": {
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "LOCAL",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "baseScore": 8.2,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "HIGH",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "version": "3.1"
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        "impactScore": 6.0,
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        "type": "Secondary"
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  "published": "2026-07-10T17:16:57.987",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/commit/8a45892378d22f40505c31a38f786a07701b6d50"
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  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "weaknesses": [
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        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-276"
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        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-668"
        }
      ],
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}



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