CVE-2026-73585

medium

Description

A flaw was found in sblim-cmpi-base. Insecure temporary file creation in the provider registration scripts allows a local unprivileged user to perform a symlink attack. By creating a symlink in a world-writable directory, an attacker can redirect privileged writes to an arbitrary file during script execution in a privileged context. This can lead to the overwrite of root-owned files, potentially disrupting system services or operation. Exploitation is conditional on the script running with elevated privileges and may be mitigated by sticky-directory symlink protections.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462235

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-73585

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-13

Updated: 2026-08-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.3

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

Severity: Medium