Medium 5.8Published Jul 29, 2026

CVE-2026-67433Linuxfabrik monitoring-plugins: Symlink following in logfile legacy database migration

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 10:00 AM ET)

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Linuxfabrik monitoring-plugins provides Python monitoring plugins for Icinga, Nagios, and related monitoring systems. In version 6.0.0, the logfile check legacy database migration moved a predictable path from /tmp with os.rename() and allowed a local user controlling the plugin account to place a symlink that would be followed by sqlite3.connect() during a root-run check.

CVSS: 5.8 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-59, CWE-367
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: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Jul 30, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linuxfabrik monitoring-plugins linuxfabrik:monitoring_plugins (from the name)	6.0.0	CNA record

References

https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/security/advisories/GHSA-w2gg-hx6w-24w3x-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/commit/6df1f574aa9dc6541e092f1ce482ecc1315cded0x-refsource-misc

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