{"id":"CVE-2024-25940","aliases":["EUVD-2024-23242","GHSA-j347-m6ww-35jg"],"status":"published","title":"bhyveload(8) host file access","description":"`bhyveload -h \u003chost-path\u003e` may be used to grant loader access to the \u003chost-path\u003e directory tree on the host.  Affected versions of bhyveload(8) do not make any attempt to restrict loader's access to \u003chost-path\u003e, 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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"adp","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00506,"percentile":0.43749,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-922"],"published":"2024-02-15T04:21:57Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:16:45Z","products":[{"vendor":"freebsd","product":"freebsd"}],"references":[{"url":"https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-24:01.bhyveload.asc","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240419-0004/","tags":["x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25940"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240419-0004"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j347-m6ww-35jg"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-25940","title":"bhyveload(8) host file access","description":"`bhyveload -h \u003chost-path\u003e` may be used to grant loader access to the \u003chost-path\u003e directory tree on the host.  Affected versions of bhyveload(8) do not make any attempt to restrict loader's access to \u003chost-path\u003e, 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.","status":"published","published":"2024-02-15T04:21:57.624Z","modified":"2025-02-13T17:40:54.448Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"adp"}],"cwes":["CWE-922"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:04.341725Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-23242","description":"`bhyveload -h \u003chost-path\u003e` may be used to grant loader access to the \u003chost-path\u003e directory tree on the host.  Affected versions of bhyveload(8) do not make any attempt to restrict loader's access to \u003chost-path\u003e, 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.","status":"published","published":"2024-02-15T04:21:57Z","modified":"2025-02-13T17:40:54Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:03:46.532099Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-j347-m6ww-35jg","title":"`bhyveload -h \u003chost-path\u003e` may be used to grant loader access to the \u003chost-path\u003e directory tree...","description":"`bhyveload -h \u003chost-path\u003e` may be used to grant loader access to the \u003chost-path\u003e directory tree on the host.  Affected versions of bhyveload(8) do not make any attempt to restrict loader's access to \u003chost-path\u003e, 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.","status":"published","published":"2024-02-15T06:31:35Z","modified":"2025-06-04T21:32:02Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-922"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:02:34.475579Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-25940","description":"`bhyveload -h \u003chost-path\u003e` may be used to grant loader access to the \u003chost-path\u003e directory tree on the host.  Affected versions of bhyveload(8) do not make any attempt to restrict loader's access to \u003chost-path\u003e, 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.","status":"published","published":"2024-02-15T05:15:11.1Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:16:45.89Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-922"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:09:35.738752Z"}]}}