CVE-2026-54371attr before version 2.6.0 contains a symlink traversal vulnerability in the getfattr and setfattr utilities that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by replacing a pathname component with a…
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attr before version 2.6.0 contains a symlink traversal vulnerability in the getfattr and setfattr utilities that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by replacing a pathname component with a symbolic link during directory hierarchy traversal. Attackers who control a pathname component can redirect getfattr and setfattr operations to arbitrary files by substituting a symlink, leading to local privilege escalation when getfattr or setfattr is invoked by a privileged process over an attacker-controlled path.
- CVSS
- 7.1 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- 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
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
No affected products are listed yet.
References
- https://cgit.git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/attr.git/commit/?id=49f79e947270f06940b9100fa638f85dddc4aa7f
- https://cgit.git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/attr.git/commit/?id=c440855d6b33446edf4b5eb1a2d892281f15a99b
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/attr-symlink-traversal-privilege-escalation-via-getfattr-setfattr
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34889
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56133
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59380
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60226
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61783
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63135
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63138
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66018
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-54371
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2490283
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-54371.json
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