CVSS 3.1 base metricsRed raises the risk · green lowers it
Attack vector
LocalAV:L
Attack complexity
HighAC:H
Privileges required
LowPR:L
User interaction
NoneUI:N
Scope
UnchangedS:U
Confidentiality
HighC:H
Integrity
HighI:H
Availability
HighA:H
Updates that fix it
0 KBs
No KB listed
No KB update is listed in the collected MSRC record. Check the MSRC advisory for product releases and other remedies.
Affected products
Open Source Software
2 affected products
azl3 util-linux 2.40.2-6 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 util-linux 2.40.2-7 on Azure Linux 3.0
What changed
Detection template: Unknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed
Detection template: No Nuclei template listed → Unknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained
Affected products: azl3 util-linux 2.40.2-6 on Azure Linux 3.0 → azl3 util-linux 2.40.2-6 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 util-linux 2.40.2-7 on Azure Linux 3.0
Detection template: Unknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed
Detection template: No Nuclei template listed → Unknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained
Detection template: No Nuclei template listed · Customer action: Required: apply the update → Required: follow the MSRC remediation guidance · Public disclosure: No → Unknown: not stated by MSRC · Exploitation detected: Not reported by MSRC → Unknown: not stated by MSRC
Affected products: azl3 httpd 2.4.68-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 → azl3 util-linux 2.40.2-6 on Azure Linux 3.0
Detection template: Unknown: exploit-code evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed · CISA KEV: Unknown: catalog evidence is incomplete or retained → Not listed in the collected catalog
Detection template: No Nuclei template listed → Unknown: exploit-code evidence is incomplete or retained · CISA KEV: Not listed in the collected catalog → Unknown: catalog evidence is incomplete or retained
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6 Nov 2026 · 09:07:49 UTCAffected productsazl3 util-linux 2.40.2-6 on Azure Linux 3.0 → azl3 util-linux 2.40.2-6 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 util-linux 2.40.2-7 on Azure Linux 3.0
2 Nov 2026 · 17:30:39 UTCPublic detection templateUnknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed
CISA KEV is observed exploitation evidence. FIRST EPSS is a dated prediction of exploitation in the next 30 days. Missing scores are unknown. This collector requests predictions only for explicit CVE aliases in the public NuGet archive; Microsoft release views retain their existing prediction scope.
No collected risk observation for these identifiers. This does not establish absence of exploitation or a zero probability.
cve-program · CVE-2026-53612
Published
util-linux mount hook_owner TOCTOU allows local privilege escalation
util-linux is a random collection of Linux utilities. In util-linux 2.39 through 2.41.4 and 2.42 through 2.42.1, the SUID `mount` utility's `hook_owner.c` post-mount hook performs path-based `chmod()` and `lchown()` operations on a previously validated mount target. A local low-privileged user authorized by an `/etc/fstab` entry with `user` or `users` and an `X-mount.mode`, `X-mount.owner`, or `X-mount.group` option can use `renameat2(RENAME_EXCHANGE)` to race a writable ancestor of the target and redirect the privileged ownership or mode change to a root-owned path, potentially gaining root privileges. This issue is fixed in 2.41.5 and 2.42.2.
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