High 7.8Published Apr 30, 2026

CVE-2026-7270Local privilege escalation via execve()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 3:50 AM ET)

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An operator precedence bug in the kernel results in a scenario where a buffer overflow causes attacker-controlled data to overwrite adjacent execve(2) argument buffers. The bug may be exploitable by an unprivileged user to obtain superuser privileges.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-783
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: freebsd
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: May 10, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

FreeBSD FreeBSD freebsd:freebsd (from the name)	from 15.0-RELEASE before p7; from 14.4-RELEASE before p3; from 14.3-RELEASE before p12; from 13.5-RELEASE before p13	CNA record
freebsd freebsd freebsd:freebsd	13.5; 13.5; 13.5; 13.5; 13.5; 13.5; 13.5; 13.5; and 29 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:13.exec.asc	vendor-advisory
https://blog.calif.io/p/cve-2026-7270-how-i-get-root-on-freebsd
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48077971

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