01 Record
CVE-2026-55567
BleachBit: Exploit File Delete to Escalate Privilege
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
BleachBit: Exploit File Delete to Escalate Privilege
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
- 0.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 2.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-24.
- 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
- 2026-09-21 14:23Z1 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-21 15:16Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-06-16
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/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
- b78df33b40505bef2a77206842e8d9ec9d53f797988e90339a511a9bf4ab5ae9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/security/advisories/GHSA-vcjw-px28-5w94
- github.comhttps://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/pull/1774
- github.comhttps://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/commit/ee128238e92c7192f0c4d6406b1bd0cd9155e7e0
- github.comhttps://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/releases/tag/v6.0.1