In windows host, tftp arbitrary file read vulnerability https://github.com/qemu/qemu/blob/master/slirp/tftp.c#L343 if (!strncmp(req_fname, "../", 3) || req_fname[strlen(req_fname) - 1] == '/' || strstr(req_fname, "/../")) { tftp_send_error(spt, 2, "Access violation", tp); return; } There are file path check for not allowing escape tftp directory. But, in windows, file path is separated by "\" backslash. So, guest can read arbitrary file in Windows host. This is fixed upstream by https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/commit/14ec36e107a8c9af7d0a80c3571fe39b291ff1d4