High 8.2Published Jul 10, 2026

CVE-2026-53657Lima launches Linux virtual machines, typically on macOS, for running containerd.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:10 UTC)

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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.

CVSS: 8.2 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-276, CWE-668
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jul 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

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References

https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/commit/8a45892378d22f40505c31a38f786a07701b6d50
https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/commit/b08cae8a670cf916d5da11c48a6de76dabd89678
https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/releases/tag/v2.1.3
https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/security/advisories/GHSA-2j9v-p4xj-cjw2

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