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CVE-2026-91205 (GCVE-0-2026-91205)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-18 19:14 – Updated: 2026-09-18 22:37

Title

Cockpit-files: cockpit-files: local attacker can hijack file ownership via symlink race

Summary

A flaw was found in cockpit-files. A local unprivileged attacker can exploit a race condition during directory creation with owner assignment. By controlling a writable parent directory, the attacker can replace a newly created directory with a symbolic link (symlink) before the ownership change operation (chown) is applied. This allows the attacker to redirect the ownership change to an arbitrary file, potentially leading to information disclosure or unauthorized modification of sensitive files.

Severity

6 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-363 - Race Condition Enabling Link Following

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-91205	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466442	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Date Public

2026-09-18 16:33

Credits

This issue was discovered by AISLE Research and Found by AISLE in partnership with Red Hat.

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GHSA-5JJ9-V4XP-H5H5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-18 21:32 – Updated: 2026-09-18 21:32

Details

Severity

6.0 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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