CVE-2026-12505

CVE-2026-12505 concerns the cifs-utils package. The issue: the root-owned cifs.upcall fails to securely drop root privileges before consulting user information, allowing a local, low-privilege attacker to craft a request_key payload that causes the process to enter a controlled environment with a...

CVE-2026-12505

A flaw was found in the cifs-utils package where the cifs.upcall helper fails to securely drop its root privileges before looking up user information inside a user-controlled environment. A local, low privileged attacker can exploit this by using a crafted requestkey payload to trick the root-own...

CVE-2026-12505

A flaw was found in the cifs-utils package where the cifs.upcall helper fails to securely drop its root privileges before looking up user information inside a user-controlled environment. A local, low privileged attacker can exploit this by using a crafted requestkey payload to trick the root-own...

CVE-2026-12505 Cifs-utils: local privilege escalation via forged cifs.spnego key description in cifs.upcall

A flaw was found in the cifs-utils package where the cifs.upcall helper fails to securely drop its root privileges before looking up user information inside a user-controlled environment. A local, low privileged attacker can exploit this by using a crafted requestkey payload to trick the root-own...

EUVD-2026-37834

A flaw was found in the cifs-utils package where the cifs.upcall helper fails to securely drop its root privileges before looking up user information inside a user-controlled environment. A local, low privileged attacker can exploit this by using a crafted requestkey payload to trick the root-own...

CVE-2026-12505 Cifs-utils: local privilege escalation via forged cifs.spnego key description in cifs.upcall

A flaw was found in the cifs-utils package where the cifs.upcall helper fails to securely drop its root privileges before looking up user information inside a user-controlled environment. A local, low privileged attacker can exploit this by using a crafted requestkey payload to trick the root-own...

PT-2026-50619

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cifs-utils affected versions not specified Description A flaw exists in the cifs.upcall helper that fails to securely drop root privileges before performing user information lookups within a user-controlled environment. A local, low-privileged...

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20965-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.0 kernel was updated to fix various security issues The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2026-23254: net: gro: fix outer network offset bsc1259884. - CVE-2026-23303: smb: client: Don't log plaintext credentials in cifssetcifscreds bsc1260502. -...

SUSE-SU-2026:22127-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.0 kernel was updated to fix various security issues The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2026-23254: net: gro: fix outer network offset bsc1259884. - CVE-2026-23303: smb: client: Don't log plaintext credentials in cifssetcifscreds bsc1260502. -...

SUSE-SU-2026:22099-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.0 kernel was updated to fix various security issues The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2026-23254: net: gro: fix outer network offset bsc1259884. - CVE-2026-23303: smb: client: Don't log plaintext credentials in cifssetcifscreds bsc1260502. -...

kernel: Linux kernel: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's CIFS client implementation. This could allow a local attacker to impersonate other users, bypass authentication in SMB mount operations, and potentially gain unauthorized access to network file shares or escalate privileges...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities (USN-7585-3)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7585-3 advisory. It was discovered that the CIFS network file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly verify the target namespace when handling upcalls...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities (USN-7585-2)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7585-2 advisory. It was discovered that the CIFS network file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly verify the target namespace when handling upcalls...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

kernel: smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Server Message Block SMB client, specifically within the cifsacl functionality. A malicious SMB server could provide a malformed Discretionary Access Control List DACL that claims to contain more Access Control Entries ACEs than are actually present. This...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2026:22940)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:22940 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: net/sched: Make cakeenqueue...

EulerOS Virtualization 2.13.1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2026-2132)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : nvme: nvme-fc: Ensure -ioerrwork is cancelled in nvmefcdeletectrlCVE-2025-40261 cifs: fix session state check in reconnect to avoid...

EulerOS Virtualization 2.13.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2026-2171)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : nvme: nvme-fc: Ensure -ioerrwork is cancelled in nvmefcdeletectrlCVE-2025-40261 cifs: fix session state check in reconnect to avoid...

kernel: Linux kernel: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's CIFS client implementation. This could allow a local attacker to impersonate other users, bypass authentication in SMB mount operations, and potentially gain unauthorized access to network file shares or escalate privileges...