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GHSA-RJ4F-7F4C-6QH7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-08 15:30 – Updated: 2026-04-22 18:31

Details

TOCTOU in linenoiseHistorySave in linenoise allows local attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and change permissions via a symlink race between fopen("w") on the history path and subsequent chmod() on the same path.

Severity

5.8 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2025-9810 (GCVE-0-2025-9810)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-01 19:03 – Updated: 2026-04-22 15:06

Title

TOCTOU race in Linenoise enables arbitrary file overwrite and permission changes

Summary

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-09-02 16:13 UTC

CWE

CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Assigner

CyberArk mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/antirez/linenoise/blob/master/…
https://github.com/antirez/linenoise/pull/202
https://github.com/antirez/linenoise/blob/4111f1d…
https://github.com/antirez/linenoise/commit/f2558…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
antirez	linenoise	Affected: 0

Credits

@disconnect3d Simcha Kosman

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