CVE-2026-41991GNU gzip contains a vulnerability in the gzexe utility related to insecure temporary file handling.
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GNU gzip contains a vulnerability in the gzexe utility related to insecure temporary file handling. When the mktemp utility is not available in the user’s PATH, gzexe falls back to constructing a temporary file path based solely on the process ID (PID). This predictable filename is created without exclusive access or existence checks. A local attacker can pre‑create the predicted temporary file path as a symbolic link pointing to an arbitrary file writable by the victim. When gzexe runs, it follows the symlink and overwrites the target file, resulting in a time‑of‑check to time‑of‑use (TOCTOU) condition that allows arbitrary file overwrite. This issue has been fixed in the commit 4e6f8b24ab823146ab8776f0b7fe486ab34d4269
- CVSS
- 4.7 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-377
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
gnu gzip gnu:gzip | through 1.14 | NVD |
References
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/04/CVE-2026-41991/broken-link
- https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=4e6f8b24ab823146ab8776f0b7fe486ab34d4269patch
- https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/product
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