CVE-2026-58086CWE-273

CVE-2026-58086

High · published August 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

As an inadvertent side effect of an unrelated code change, PRIV_KTRACE was always denied to a jailed root user. Tracing configured by a jailed root user was therefore not flagged as privileged.

An unprivileged user in a jail that has permission to debug the target process can modify the jailed root user's ktrace(2) flags, or disable tracing outright. A jailed root user therefore cannot reliably trace unprivileged processes.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00378 · 30.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-273 · Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
Published
2026-08-19T12:17Z
Affected products (16)
ProductVersionsFixed in
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References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 AUG 07:42Z
    ktrace(2) privilege incorrectly validated in jails
    cvelistv5