CVE-2026-31979 (GCVE-0-2026-31979)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-11 19:47 – Updated: 2026-03-11 20:07
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
himmelblaud-tasks: local privilege escalation via /tmp symlink attack on Kerberos ccache
Summary
Himmelblau is an interoperability suite for Microsoft Azure Entra ID and Intune. Prior to 3.1.0 and 2.3.8, the himmelblaud-tasks daemon, running as root, writes Kerberos cache files under /tmp/krb5cc_<uid> without symlink protections. Since commit 87a51ee, PrivateTmp is explicitly removed from the tasks daemon's systemd hardening, exposing it to the host /tmp. A local user can exploit this via symlink attacks to chown or overwrite arbitrary files, achieving local privilege escalation. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.1.0 and 2.3.8.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-11 20:07 UTC
CWE
- CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/himmelblau-idm/himmelblau/secu… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| himmelblau-idm | himmelblau |
Affected:
>= 1.0.0, < 2.3.8
Affected: >= 3.0.0-alpha, < 3.1.0 |
guessed |
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