CVE-2026-57589

high

Description

sys/kern/sysv_sem.c in OpenBSD through 7.9 has a use-after-free allowing local privilege escalation to root. This is a context switch use-after-free after tsleep in sys_semget().

References

https://openai.com/index/patch-the-planet/

https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/1957873d2063db11dab780eca75b5e629d1e838d

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-25

Updated: 2026-06-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.4

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00125