CVE-2026-88924
Gvfs: gvfs-admin socket ownership race permits local root
02 Description
Gvfs: gvfs-admin socket ownership race permits local root
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
- 0.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 12.7% 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 2026-10-21.
- 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
- 2026-09-10 14:32Z1 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-20 23:01Z8 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-09-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- 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
- 834713d684720e9c7f8293dda10edcffd72ee97c63e8e3c69363ce3f85143437
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2026:73998https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73998
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2026:74370https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74370
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2026:85939https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85939
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2026:85941https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85941
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2026:85942https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85942
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2026:85944https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85944
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-88924
- bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2531456https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531456
- gitlab.gnome.orghttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/-/issues/875
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 9
- gvfs Fixed in 1.48.1-8.el9_8.1
- gvfs-client Fixed in 1.48.1-8.el9_8.1
- gvfs-devel Fixed in 1.48.1-8.el9_8.1
- gvfs-fuse Fixed in 1.48.1-8.el9_8.1
- gvfs-goa Fixed in 1.48.1-8.el9_8.1
- gvfs-gphoto2 Fixed in 1.48.1-8.el9_8.1
- gvfs-mtp Fixed in 1.48.1-8.el9_8.1
- gvfs-smb Fixed in 1.48.1-8.el9_8.1
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
AlmaLinux 10
- gvfs Fixed in 1.54.4-4.el10_2.1
- gvfs-client Fixed in 1.54.4-4.el10_2.1
- gvfs-fuse Fixed in 1.54.4-4.el10_2.1
- gvfs-goa Fixed in 1.54.4-4.el10_2.1
- gvfs-gphoto2 Fixed in 1.54.4-4.el10_2.1
- gvfs-mtp Fixed in 1.54.4-4.el10_2.1
- gvfs-smb Fixed in 1.54.4-4.el10_2.1
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 9
- gvfs Fixed in 1.48.1-8.el9_8.1
- gvfs-client Fixed in 1.48.1-8.el9_8.1
- gvfs-devel Fixed in 1.48.1-8.el9_8.1
- gvfs-fuse Fixed in 1.48.1-8.el9_8.1
- gvfs-goa Fixed in 1.48.1-8.el9_8.1
- gvfs-gphoto2 Fixed in 1.48.1-8.el9_8.1
- gvfs-mtp Fixed in 1.48.1-8.el9_8.1
- gvfs-smb Fixed in 1.48.1-8.el9_8.1
Derived from AlmaLinux 9. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 9 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 10
- gvfs Fixed in 1.54.4-4.el10_2.1
- gvfs-client Fixed in 1.54.4-4.el10_2.1
- gvfs-fuse Fixed in 1.54.4-4.el10_2.1
- gvfs-goa Fixed in 1.54.4-4.el10_2.1
- gvfs-gphoto2 Fixed in 1.54.4-4.el10_2.1
- gvfs-mtp Fixed in 1.54.4-4.el10_2.1
- gvfs-smb Fixed in 1.54.4-4.el10_2.1
Derived from AlmaLinux 10. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 10 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- gvfs No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gvfs No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gvfs Fixed in 1.62.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- gvfs Fixed in 1.48.2-0ubuntu1.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- gvfs Fixed in 1.54.4-0ubuntu1~24.04.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- gvfs Fixed in 1.60.0-1ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.