CVE-2026-88924: gvfs 1.48.1 to before 1.62.0, 1.48.1 to before 1.60.3, 1.48.1 to before 1.58.5; +5 more affected products

Affected technology

gvfs · 1.48.1 to before 1.62.0, 1.48.1 to before 1.60.3, 1.48.1 to before 1.58.5
GNOME

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
Red Hat

Component: Not specified by the source
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Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

A local attacker can exploit this via a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition and exchange the socket pathname with a symbolic link pointing to an arbitrary root-owned file (such as /etc/pam.d/su). Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.0/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.