CVE-2026-54371

high Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Published: June 29, 2026 (10 days ago)
Last Modified: June 29, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the `attr` component, specifically within the `getfattr` utility. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a symlink traversal attack. By replacing a pathname component with a symbolic link during directory hierarchy traversal, an attacker can redirect `getfattr` operations to arbitrary files. This can lead to local privilege escalation when `getfattr` is executed by a privileged process over a path controlled by the attacker.

CWE

CWE-59

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat Hardened ImagesRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov