CVE-2026-53657

Lima: An arbitrary user in a QEMU VM could gain the root privilege in the VM via the guest agent socket

Published Jul 10, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-2j9v-p4xj-cjw2 Lima: An arbitrary user in a QEMU VM could gain the root privilege in the VM via the guest agent socket
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Lima-vm
Lima-vm lima
Vendors & Products Lima-vm
Lima-vm lima
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Lima: An arbitrary user in a QEMU VM could gain the root privilege in the VM via the guest agent socket
Weaknesses CWE-276
CWE-668
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 14, 2026, 1:53 AM
Reserved
Jun 9, 2026, 8:50 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 10, 2026, 5:16 PM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 3:10 PM