CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-115207
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Awaiting Analysis
- Published
- 2026-10-22
- Last modified
- 2026-10-28
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
A flaw was found in GNU patch. An attacker can achieve arbitrary file creation outside the intended working directory by enticing a user or automated workflow to apply a specially crafted patch file. Due to missing validation during automatic patch reversal, absolute file paths in patch headers are accepted rather than rejected. Consequently, the utility can create files in arbitrary locations with the permissions of the executing user.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-115207 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2558775 bugzilla.redhat.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/26/14 www.openwall.com