High 7.1Published Jun 29, 2026

CVE-2026-54371attr < 2.6.0 Symlink Traversal Privilege Escalation via getfattr/setfattr

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 8:40 PM ET)

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attr before version 2.6.0 contains a symlink traversal vulnerability in the getfattr and setfattr utilities that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by replacing a pathname component with a symbolic link during directory hierarchy traversal. Attackers who control a pathname component can redirect getfattr and setfattr operations to arbitrary files by substituting a symlink, leading to local privilege escalation when getfattr or setfattr is invoked by a privileged process over an attacker-controlled path.

CVSS: 7.1 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-59
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Sep 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

attr project attr attr_project:attr (from the name)	before 2.6.0	CNA record
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 redhat:enterprise_linux	from 0:2.6.0-1.el10_2 not affected	CISA ADP
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.19 redhat:cert_manager	from 1788348522 not affected	CISA ADP
Red Hat Red Hat Discovery 2 redhat:discovery	from 1788205779 not affected	CISA ADP
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images redhat:hummingbird	from 2.6.0-9.1.hum1 not affected	CISA ADP
Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 redhat:rhui	from 1788880445 not affected	CISA ADP
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 redhat:openshift	4	CISA ADP

References

References

https://cgit.git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/attr.git/commit/?id=c440855d6b33446edf4b5eb1a2d892281f15a99b	patch
https://cgit.git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/attr.git/commit/?id=49f79e947270f06940b9100fa638f85dddc4aa7f	issue-tracking
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/attr-symlink-traversal-privilege-escalation-via-getfattr-setfattr	third-party-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34889
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56133
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59380
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60226
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61783
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63135
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63138
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