Improper Check for Dropped Privileges Affecting freebsd package, versions [,14.3.0-p16)[14.4.0,14.4.0-p7)[15.0.0,15.0.0-p11)[15.1.0,15.1.0-p1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREEBSD-19427794
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed19 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-49421  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-273  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freebsd to version 14.3.0-p16, 14.4.0-p7, 15.0.0-p11, 15.1.0-p1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Check for Dropped Privileges due to the improper handling of the unlinkat and funlinkat system calls when the AT_RESOLVE_BENEATH flag is used. An attacker can bypass directory containment by deleting files outside the intended directory tree by exploiting the failure to enforce path resolution restrictions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1