Link Following Affecting rhcos package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-RHCOS-17732618
  • published30 Jun 2026
  • disclosed29 Jun 2026

Introduced: 29 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-54371  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 rhcos.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rhcos package and not the rhcos package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

attr before version 2.6.0 contains a symlink traversal vulnerability in the getfattr and setfattr utilities that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by replacing a pathname component with a symbolic link during directory hierarchy traversal. Attackers who control a pathname component can redirect getfattr and setfattr operations to arbitrary files by substituting a symlink, leading to local privilege escalation when getfattr or setfattr is invoked by a privileged process over an attacker-controlled path.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1