CVE-2026-8784
4.2 MEDIUMA vulnerability was detected in npitre cramfs-tools up to 2.2
Published: 2026-05-18 · Last updated: 2026-05-18
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 4.2 MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CWE
- CWE-59, CWE-61
Description
A vulnerability was detected in npitre cramfs-tools up to 2.2. Affected is the function change_file_status of the file cramfsck.c. Performing a manipulation results in symlink following. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named b4a3a695c9873f824907bd15659f2a6ac7667b4f. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8784
- [Other]https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/
- [Other]https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/commit/b4a3a695c9873f824907bd15659f2a6ac7667b4f
- [Other]https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/issues/13
- [Other]https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/issues/13#issuecomment-4306102583
- [Other]https://vuldb.com/submit/811897
- [Other]https://vuldb.com/vuln/364408
- [Other]https://vuldb.com/vuln/364408/cti
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