CVE-2026-53613
util-linux mount target TOCTOU allows local privilege escalation
02 Description
util-linux mount target TOCTOU allows local privilege escalation
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 5.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2026-10-14 14:52Z15 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-15 15:08Z14 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-06-09
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.0)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race ConditionBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 5c8b274c6bd75fefa29c963d599c9c94749e7368f8370d47e658915414ca3426
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/security/advisories/GHSA-8gj5-72r3-428g
- github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/0b010025a0e429bc80355c94db86a843395d49e2
- github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/0d3d55975aa3492c62fd345eac38f41cd166c0b0
- github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/2c773f336134acf016e639abb6f12ba7341fe4b8
- github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/39fef62bf3226abb6bb018fa8750afa0327e84b4
- github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/472cc3fb2d4d47cca7aab2e0b59eb3fb8a9359ec
- github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/646fb66603d10a7ac337e14f566f1af48e3107c9
- github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/708d1b3c51932dc5ba8082c7368187715e6a8d78
- github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/78a860982e036f38fe9c0b3344998df5ac2c2ff5
- github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/85d16b341f7232c9dbb4884b632e1e956584bee9
- github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/a9508d216eb8977979102782672e0470cc9bf2a2
- github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/releases/tag/v2.41.5
- github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/releases/tag/v2.42.2
- github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/releases/tag/v2.42.4
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- util-linux No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- util-linux Fixed in 2.41.5-0+deb13u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- util-linux Fixed in 2.42.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- util-linux No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- util-linux No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- util-linux Fixed in 2.37.2-4ubuntu3.6
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- util-linux Fixed in 2.39.3-9ubuntu6.6
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- util-linux No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- util-linux Fixed in 2.41.3-3ubuntu2.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- util-linux No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- util-linux No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- util-linux No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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