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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-3626

The Windows version of Multipass before 1.7.0 allowed any local process to connect to the localhost TCP control socket to perform mounts from the operating system to a guest, allowing for privilege escalation.

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CVE-2021-3626
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31 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-3626

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Oct 2021, 03:15 UTC

The Windows version of Multipass before 1.7.0 allowed any local process to connect to the localhost TCP control socket to perform mounts from the operating system to a guest, allowing for privilege escalation.

osv:CVE-2021-3626
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-3626",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-3626",
    "summary": "The Windows version of Multipass before 1.7.0 allowed any local process to connect to the localhost TCP control socket to perform mounts from the operating system to a guest, allowing for privilege escalation.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-3626",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:52.615630677Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/2150"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386331,
  "published_at": "2021-10-01T03:15:06.913+00:00"
}