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CVE-2026-91203

Cockpit-files: cockpit-files: arbitrary file ownership and permission modification via symlink race condition PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

A flaw was found in cockpit-files. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to exploit a timing issue, known as a symlink race condition, during privileged file operations such as changing file ownership or permissions. By manipulating directory entries and winning this race, the attacker can redirect these operations to unintended files. This could lead to unauthorized changes in file ownership and permissions on arbitrary files, potentially compromising system integrity and availability by altering system or application states or rendering services unusable.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9affected

CWE

CWE-363

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.