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CVE-2026-54369: acl · Link Following

Affects aclSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.4 High : upgrade to 2.4.0 soon.

Data as of 11 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.4High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 4% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 29 Jun 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 11 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade the Debian debian/acl package to 2.4.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
acl projectaclAffected
  • <2.4.0
Fixed in–
Debiandebian/aclpkg:deb/debian/aclOther threatsAffected
  • <2.4.0
Fixed in
  • 2.4.0

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AI-suggested

Red Hat advises restricting unprivileged users from creating symbolic links in directories accessed by privileged processes using ACL functions. Enabling the fs.protected_symlinks sysctl (enabled by default on RHEL 7 and later) helps prevent symlink following in world-writable sticky directories unless the symlink owner matches the target owner. Applying the official security update to upgrade acl to version 2.4.0 or later fully addresses this vulnerability. Systems running affected versions should prioritize patching. Where patching is not immediately possible, apply the recommended mitigations to reduce risk.

Description

acl before version 2.4.0 contains a symlink traversal vulnerability in the libacl pathname-based functions acl_get_file(), acl_set_file(), acl_extended_file(), and acl_delete_def_file() that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by replacing any pathname component with a symbolic link. Attackers who control any component of a pathname processed by a privileged caller can redirect ACL read or write operations to arbitrary files or directories, enabling unauthorized manipulation of access control lists and local privilege escalation.

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