Improper Privilege Management Affecting freebsd package, versions [,14.3.0-p14)[14.4.0,14.4.0-p5)[15.0.0,15.0.0-p9)
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- published25 May 2026
- disclosed21 May 2026
- creditJoshua Rogers
Introduced: 21 May 2026
CVE-2026-45254 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade freebsd to version 14.3.0-p14, 14.4.0-p5, 15.0.0-p9 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management due to improper handling of limitation lists in the cap_net process. An attacker can gain elevated network permissions by requesting a new limit that omits keys present in the previous limit, resulting in those permissions being treated as unrestricted.