CVE-2026-12505

highCVSS 7.8covered by 2 sourcesfirst seen 2026-06-09

A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in the cifs-utils of Red Hat Enterprise Linux to execute arbitrary code with administrator rights.

CSIRTS triage

What: A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with administrator rights.
Who is affected: Local deployments of Red Hat Enterprise Linux using cifs-utils.
Urgency: Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for code execution with elevated privileges.
Action: Update cifs-utils to the latest version.

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Low exploitation risk0.12% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 2% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

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