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CVE-2026-4878

Libcap: libcap: privilege escalation via toctou race condition in cap_set_file()

CVSS 6.7 MEDIUMEPSS 0.2%CWE-367
Vexday Risk Score
13Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 6.7EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch referenciado
Lifecycle
09 Apr 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
A flaw was found in libcap. A local unprivileged user can exploit a Time-of-check-to-time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in the `cap_set_file()` function. This allows an attacker with write access to a parent directory to redirect file capability updates to an attacker-controlled file. By doing so, capabilities can be injected into or stripped from unintended executables, leading to privilege escalation.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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