Medium 4.4Published Jul 10, 2026

CVE-2026-46388osquery: Unprivileged users can temporarily read file carve contents

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 6:00 PM ET)

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osquery is a SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics framework. Prior to 5.23.1, an unprivileged attacker can read the contents of an osquery file carve until the carve completes and the temporary files are deleted because in-progress carve directories are not created with private permissions. If the carve targets a directory that the attacker controls, arbitrary file reads are possible, such as sensitive local files. This issue is fixed in version 5.23.1.

CVSS: 4.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-279, CWE-378, CWE-379
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jul 10, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

osquery osquery osquery:osquery (from the name)	before 5.23.1	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/osquery/osquery/security/advisories/GHSA-fg78-9q98-62hh	x-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8961	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/osquery/osquery/commit/6dabe9ded33bf9c6fc0f3e37ec364a1cbbd25d68	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/osquery/osquery/releases/tag/5.23.1	x-refsource-misc

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