CVE-2026-8784

Severity CVSS v4.0:

LOW

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

18/05/2026

Last modified:

18/05/2026

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.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.80 LOW
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): Low
Integrity (VI): Low
Availability (VA): Low
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None
Exploit Maturity (E): POC

Base Score 4.0

1.80

Severity 4.0

LOW

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.20 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x

4.20

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Multiple
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

4.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

CVE-2026-8784

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