Symlink Attack Affecting abrt/libreport package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ABRTLIBREPORT-17660865
  • published28 Jun 2026
  • disclosed13 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-54230  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for abrt/libreport.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack through the event handler scripts when writing output files without properly handling symbolic links. An attacker can overwrite arbitrary files on the system by replacing the intended output file with a symlink that points to a target file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1