vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2021-3631

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Mar 2, 2022
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in libvirt while it generates SELinux MCS category pairs for VMs' dynamic labels. This flaw allows one exploited guest to access files labeled for another guest, resulting in the breaking out of sVirt confinement. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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