01 Record
CVE-2026-52817
Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins Sudoers: /usr/bin/apt-get arguments allow privilege escalation
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.0 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
02 Description
Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins Sudoers: /usr/bin/apt-get arguments allow privilege escalation
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 7.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.0 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-22.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-08-18 20:53Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-19 19:03Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-06-08
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.0)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 24518ecbd204718b01c27724ea439fd32b02dfae1adc0660e9a3f2c687b6d749
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/security/advisories/GHSA-8w6w-23mq-h8rg
- github.comhttps://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/commit/694b5daeebadc9a51428f3de1acff7b1f737642f
- github.comhttps://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v510---2026-05-30
- github.comhttps://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/releases/tag/v5.1.0