CVE•Published 2026-05-18•Modified 2026-05-18•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-8784

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

4.2

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')CWE-61UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

Description

A vulnerability was detected in npitre cramfs-tools up to 2.2. Affected is the function change_file_status of the file cramfsck.c. Performing a manipulation results in symlink following. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named b4a3a695c9873f824907bd15659f2a6ac7667b4f. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Timeline

Published 2026-05-18

Modified 2026-05-18

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus VulnCheck

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Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-8784

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Censys

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