Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Affecting gvfs-devel package, versions <0:1.48.1-8.el9_8.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-GVFSDEVEL-20383367
  • published2 Oct 2026
  • disclosed1 Oct 2026

Introduced: 1 Oct 2026

CVE-2026-88924  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-367  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 gvfs-devel to version 0:1.48.1-8.el9_8.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2026:74370.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gvfs-devel package and not the gvfs-devel package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the admin backend of gvfs. The privileged gvfsd-admin daemon changes the ownership of newly created private D-Bus sockets by calling the link-following chown() function on a pathname inside a user-controlled directory. A local attacker can exploit this via a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition and exchange the socket pathname with a symbolic link pointing to an arbitrary root-owned file (such as /etc/pam.d/su). The daemon subsequently follows the symlink and changes the ownership of the targeted root-owned file to the attacker's user ID. This allows an authenticated local attacker to modify critical system files, leading to a full local privilege escalation to root.

CVSS Base Scores

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