Description
Improper handling of a failed memory remap in Firecracker versions 0.23.0 through 1.16.1 might allow a guest user with root privileges to read or modify Firecracker VMM process memory via balloon or virtio-mem discard requests on microVMs restored from a snapshot with the File memory backend, if the host fails to create the replacement mapping.



To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to Firecracker 1.16.2 or 1.17.0 and later.
Published: 2026-11-04
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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History

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description Improper handling of a failed memory remap in Firecracker versions 0.23.0 through 1.16.1 might allow a guest user with root privileges to read or modify Firecracker VMM process memory via balloon or virtio-mem discard requests on microVMs restored from a snapshot with the File memory backend, if the host fails to create the replacement mapping. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to Firecracker 1.16.2 or 1.17.0 and later.
Title Guest access to Firecracker process memory after a failed memory discard
First Time appeared Aws
Aws firecracker
Weaknesses CWE-390
CWE-825
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:aws:firecracker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Aws
Aws firecracker
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: AMZN

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-04T19:35:51.555Z

Reserved: 2026-11-04T19:28:11.100Z

Link: CVE-2026-122192

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-04T20:19:12.210

Modified: 2026-11-04T20:19:12.210

Link: CVE-2026-122192

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-11-04T19:35:51Z

Links: CVE-2026-122192 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-04T20:45:07Z

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