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CVE-2026-54229

Abrt: chownproblemdir succeeds during active post-create event processing due to inadequate locking

CVSS 7 HIGHEPSS 0.1%CWE-362
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 7EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
13 Jun 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
A race condition was found in the abrt-dbus D-Bus service's ChownProblemDir method. ChownProblemDir opens the dump directory with DD_OPEN_READONLY and calls dd_chown to change ownership of all files to the caller's uid, succeeding even while post-create event handlers hold a write lock. This allows an attacker to gain filesystem-level control of the dump directory while privileged event scripts are still running.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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