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CVE-2022-42917 (GCVE-0-2022-42917)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-13 00:00 – Updated: 2026-09-14 18:15
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Summary
In FRRouting FRR before 8.5, the service user (usually frr) can escalate its privileges to root by monitoring the configuration directory (/etc/frr) and replacing config files upon creation with, for example, symlinks to change the ownership of arbitrary files. This is a TOCTOU Race Condition caused by a combination of touch and chown.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-14 15:03 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
FRRouting FRRouting Affected: 0 , < 4.5 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:frrouting:frrouting:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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