CVE-2026-78408

The nsenter --join-cgroup option opens the target cgroup.procs file as root and leaves that file descriptor open across later namespace and credential changes and across execve. Because the kernel checks later cgroup migrations using the credentials from the original open, a program run in an...

CVE-2026-78408 Util-linux: util-linux: nsenter --join-cgroup leaks root cgroup migration authority

The nsenter --join-cgroup option opens the target cgroup.procs file as root and leaves that file descriptor open across later namespace and credential changes and across execve. Because the kernel checks later cgroup migrations using the credentials from the original open, a program run in an...

CVE-2026-78408

The nsenter --join-cgroup option opens the target cgroup.procs file as root and leaves that file descriptor open across later namespace and credential changes and across execve. Because the kernel checks later cgroup migrations using the credentials from the original open, a program run in an...