High

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

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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 request_key payload to trick the root-owned helper into entering a custom environment (namespace) containing a malicious NSS module. This forces the system to load the attacker's controlled NSS Module and configuration, allowing them to execute arbitrary commands as the root user, elevating their privileges and fully compromising the system.

Announced 18 Jun 2026Group revision 1

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CVE-2026-12505

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-12505

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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Related CVEs: CVE-2026-12505
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Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event: #22290 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 05:59:39 GMT
Publisher date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 03:34:22 GMT

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Revision history

25 Oct 2026CVE-2026-12505 · Revision 1Source updated