CVE-2026-73585CWE-377

CVE-2026-73585

Medium · published August 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A flaw was found in sblim-cmpi-base. Insecure temporary file creation in the provider registration scripts allows a local unprivileged user to perform a symlink attack. By creating a symlink in a world-writable directory, an attacker can redirect privileged writes to an arbitrary file during script execution in a privileged context. This can lead to the overwrite of root-owned files, potentially disrupting system services or operation. Exploitation is conditional on the script running with elevated privileges and may be mitigated by sticky-directory symlink protections.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00143 · 3.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-377 · Insecure Temporary File
Published
2026-08-13T17:19Z
Affected products (5)
ProductVersionsFixed in
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
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References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 AUG 12:44Z
    Sblim-cmpi-base: insecure temporary file creation in sblim-cmpi-base provider registration scripts allows local symlink attack
    cvelistv5