Description
`bhyveload -h <host-path>` may be used to grant loader access to the <host-path> directory tree on the host. Affected versions of bhyveload(8) do not make any attempt to restrict loader's access to <host-path>, allowing the loader to read any file the host user has access to. In the bhyveload(8) model, the host supplies a userboot.so to boot with, but the loader scripts generally come from the guest image. A maliciously crafted script could be used to exfiltrate sensitive data from the host accessible to the user running bhyhveload(8), which is often the system root.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- low
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- low
- Integrity
- low
- Availability
- low
- Weaknesses
- CWE-922
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- FREEBSD
- Published
- 2/15/2024
- Last Modified
- 6/4/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
freebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsd
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