Symlink Attack Affecting acl package, versions [,2.4.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-ACL-17705249
  • published30 Jun 2026
  • disclosed29 Jun 2026
  • creditAndrew Tridgell

Introduced: 29 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-54369  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade acl to version 2.4.0 or higher.

Overview

acl is a None

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack. via the libacl functions. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to or modify access control lists by replacing a pathname component with a symbolic link, redirecting ACL read or write operations to arbitrary files or directories.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1