Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Affecting libacl1 package, versions <2.4.0-160000.1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-LIBACL1-20256677
  • published29 Sept 2026
  • disclosed11 Sept 2026

Introduced: 11 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-54370  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-367  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 libacl1 to version 2.4.0-160000.1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libacl1 package and not the libacl1 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

acl before version 2.4.0 contains a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by replacing a pathname component with a symbolic link between an lstat() check and subsequent symlink-following operations such as stat(), chown(), chmod(), acl_get_file(), and acl_set_file(). Attackers who control a pathname component can redirect file access control list operations to arbitrary files when getfacl, setfacl, or chacl is invoked by a privileged process over an attacker-controlled path, resulting in local privilege escalation.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1