CVE-2026-54371
A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (attr) to escalate privileges.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the attr package included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Who is affected
- Local users on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems with the vulnerable attr package installed.
- Urgency
- Medium severity; requires local access but enables privilege escalation.
- Action
- Apply Red Hat security updates to the attr package.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.13% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 3% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (3)
- medium[NEW] [medium] Red Hat Enterprise Linux (attr): Vulnerability enables privilege escalationcert-bund · 2026-08-20
- highCVE-2026-54371: attr before version 2.6.0 contains a symlink traversal vulnerability in the getfattr and setfa…nvd · 2026-06-29
- highCVE-2026-54371: attr < 2.6.0 Symlink Traversal Privilege Escalation via getfattr/setfattrmsrc · 2026-06-09
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