| ID |
CVE-2026-41991
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| Sažetak |
GNU gzip contains a vulnerability in the gzexe utility related to insecure temporary file handling. When the mktemp utility is not available in the user’s PATH, gzexe falls back to constructing a temporary file path based solely on the process ID (PID). This predictable filename is created without exclusive access or existence checks.
A local attacker can pre‑create the predicted temporary file path as a symbolic link pointing to an arbitrary file writable by the victim. When gzexe runs, it follows the symlink and overwrites the target file, resulting in a time‑of‑check to time‑of‑use (TOCTOU) condition that allows arbitrary file overwrite.
This issue has been fixed in the commit 4e6f8b24ab823146ab8776f0b7fe486ab34d4269 |
| Reference |
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| CVSS |
| Base: | 4.7 |
| Impact: | 3.6 |
| Exploitability: | 1.0 |
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| Pristup |
| Vektor | Složenost | Autentikacija |
| LOCAL |
HIGH |
LOW |
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| Impact |
| Povjerljivost | Cjelovitost | Dostupnost |
| NONE |
HIGH |
NONE |
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| CVSS vektor |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| Zadnje važnije ažuriranje |
01-07-2026 - 14:02 |
| Objavljeno |
29-06-2026 - 12:16 |
