CVE-2026-75038: CWE-61 UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following in ilya-zlobintsev LACT
UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following vulnerability in ilya-zlobintsev/LACT allows for local denial-of-service. This issue affects LACT: through 0.10.0.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-75038 is a CWE-61 vulnerability in the LACT project by ilya-zlobintsev, involving unsafe handling of UNIX symbolic links. This vulnerability permits a local attacker with low privileges to trigger a denial-of-service by exploiting symlink following behavior. The affected versions include all releases up to and including 0.10.0. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.1, reflecting medium severity with local attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and high availability impact. No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition, impacting the availability of the affected system or application. There is no impact on confidentiality, and only a low impact on integrity is noted. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, restrict local access to trusted users only to mitigate risk.
CVE-2026-75038: CWE-61 UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following in ilya-zlobintsev LACT
Description
UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following vulnerability in ilya-zlobintsev/LACT allows for local denial-of-service. This issue affects LACT: through 0.10.0.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.1medium
Affected software
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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-75038 is a CWE-61 vulnerability in the LACT project by ilya-zlobintsev, involving unsafe handling of UNIX symbolic links. This vulnerability permits a local attacker with low privileges to trigger a denial-of-service by exploiting symlink following behavior. The affected versions include all releases up to and including 0.10.0. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.1, reflecting medium severity with local attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and high availability impact. No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition, impacting the availability of the affected system or application. There is no impact on confidentiality, and only a low impact on integrity is noted. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, restrict local access to trusted users only to mitigate risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- suse
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-17T15:22:54.444Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a8d6983acd9273b4904d17c
Added to database: 08/25/2026, 10:08:03 UTC
Last enriched: 08/25/2026, 10:22:12 UTC
Last updated: 08/25/2026, 11:05:53 UTC
Views: 6
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