Arbitrary Argument Injection Affecting linuxfabrik-lib package, versions [,5.1.0)
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- published4 Jul 2026
- disclosed2 Jul 2026
- creditOoYo0uto
Introduced: 2 Jul 2026
NewCVE-2026-52817 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade linuxfabrik-lib to version 5.1.0 or higher.
Overview
linuxfabrik-lib is a Python libraries used in various Linuxfabrik projects, including the 'Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins' project.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Argument Injection in the configuration of the sudoers file, which allows arbitrary arguments to be passed to apt-get. An attacker can gain root privileges by supplying crafted arguments to execute arbitrary commands as root. This is only exploitable if the attacker has already compromised the nagios account and the provided sudoers configuration is in use.