Security Advisory catalog CVE-2026-12505
cve-program · CVE-2026-12505 Published
A flaw was found in the cifs-utils package where the cifs.upcall helper fails to securely drop its root privileges before looking up user information inside a user-controlled environment. A local, low privileged attacker can exploit this by using a crafted request_key payload to trick the root-owned helper into entering a custom environment (namespace) containing a malicious NSS module. This forces the system to load the attacker's controlled NSS Module and configuration, allowing them to execute arbitrary commands as the root user, elevating their privileges and fully compromising the system.
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cve-program · CVE-2026-12505 Published cifs-utils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
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"packageName": "cifs-utils",
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"versions": [
{
"version": "0:7.6-1.el10_2",
"lessThan": "*",
"versionType": "rpm",
"status": "unaffected"
}
],
"cpes": [
"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2"
]
} cifs-utils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"packageName": "cifs-utils",
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"versions": [
{
"version": "0:7.0-5.el8_10",
"lessThan": "*",
"versionType": "rpm",
"status": "unaffected"
}
],
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb",
"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos"
]
} cifs-utils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"packageName": "cifs-utils",
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"versions": [
{
"version": "0:7.6-2.el9_8",
"lessThan": "*",
"versionType": "rpm",
"status": "unaffected"
}
],
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream",
"cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb",
"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos"
]
} cifs-utils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"packageName": "cifs-utils",
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"versions": [
{
"version": "0:7.6-2.el9_8",
"lessThan": "*",
"versionType": "rpm",
"status": "unaffected"
}
],
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream",
"cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb",
"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos"
]
} openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9",
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"versions": [
{
"version": "4.22.9.8.202607220526-0",
"lessThan": "*",
"versionType": "rpm",
"status": "unaffected"
}
],
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.22::el9"
]
} cifs-utils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"packageName": "cifs-utils",
"defaultStatus": "unknown",
"cpes": [
"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6"
]
} cifs-utils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"packageName": "cifs-utils",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"cpes": [
"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7"
]
} openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8",
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
]
} openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9",
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:5"
]
} Original source record · Cite this exact observation · Complete original publisher JSON