VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2026-8784
A vulnerability was detected in npitre cramfs-tools up to 2.2.
LOW 1.8EPSS 0.16%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 4.0
- 1.8 LOWCVSS: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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.16% probability · 5th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59, CWE-61
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
References
- https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/
- https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/commit/b4a3a695c9873f824907bd15659f2a6ac7667b4f
- https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/issues/13
- https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/issues/13#issuecomment-4306102583
- https://vuldb.com/submit/811897
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/364408
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/364408/cti
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.