CVE 7 HIGH

Abrt: event handler scripts follow symlinks when writing output files, allowing arbitrary file overwrites_CVE-2026-54230

7 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A symlink following vulnerability was found in the ABRT post-create event handler scripts in libreport. Event scripts write output files using shell redirections without the O_NOFOLLOW flag. If the target file is replaced with a symlink, the shell process running as root follows the symlink and writes content to the symlink target, allowing arbitrary file overwrites on the system.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-54230
Source redhat
Published Jun 13, 2026 at 02:34

Affected Product

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

CWE Classification

References

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