World-readable snapshots allow info disclosure in libvirt
CVE-2025-13193 Published on November 17, 2025

Libvirt: information disclosure via world-readable vm snapshots
A flaw was found in libvirt. External inactive snapshots for shut-down VMs are incorrectly created as world-readable, making it possible for unprivileged users to inspect the guest OS contents. This results in an information disclosure vulnerability.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-13193 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
NONE

Timeline

Reported to Red Hat.

Made public.

Weakness Type

Incorrect Default Permissions

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-13193

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.04%
Percentile
12.96%

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