CVE-2026-85092: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') in jtsylve LiME
LiME through 1.12.0 fails to validate the disk acquisition output path and does not use O_NOFOLLOW when opening the operator-supplied path parameter, allowing unprivileged local users to overwrite arbitrary root-owned files. An attacker who controls the output directory can create a symbolic link with the expected filename pointing to any root-owned file, and when the acquisition runs in kernel context, LiME follows the link and truncates the target file with the memory acquisition stream.
CVE-2026-85092: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') in jtsylve LiME
Description
LiME through 1.12.0 fails to validate the disk acquisition output path and does not use O_NOFOLLOW when opening the operator-supplied path parameter, allowing unprivileged local users to overwrite arbitrary root-owned files. An attacker who controls the output directory can create a symbolic link with the expected filename pointing to any root-owned file, and when the acquisition runs in kernel context, LiME follows the link and truncates the target file with the memory acquisition stream.
CVSS v4.0
Score 5.2medium
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-02T23:53:09.796Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a98c85eacd9273b490dcec4
Added to database: 09/03/2026, 01:07:42 UTC
Last updated: 09/03/2026, 03:22:21 UTC
Views: 7
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