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cifs-utils vulnerability
Type: advisorySources: OSV
It was discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly handled credentials files used by privileged mount.cifs invocations. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary mount options into a privileged mount, resulting in a privilege escalation.
- Products
- cifs-utils
- Affected versions
- 2:6.11-3.1, 2:6.14-1, 2:6.14-1build1, 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1, 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.2, 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.3, 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.4, 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.5, 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.6, 2:7.0-2, 2:7.0-2build1, 2:7.0-2ubuntu0.1, 2:7.0-2ubuntu0.2, 2:7.0-2ubuntu0.3, 2:7.0-2ubuntu0.4, 2:7.0-2ubuntu0.5, 2:7.4-1, 2:7.4-1build1, 2:7.4-1ubuntu0.26.04.1, 2:7.4-1ubuntu0.26.04.2, 2:7.4-1ubuntu0.26.04.3, 2:7.4-1ubuntu3
- Fixed versions
- 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.7, 2:7.0-2ubuntu0.6, 2:7.4-1ubuntu0.26.04.4, 2:7.4-1ubuntu3.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-104715
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 08:45 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
It was discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly handled credentials files used by privileged mount.cifs invocations. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary mount options into a privileged mount, resulting in a privilege escalation.
osv:USN-8938-1
cifs-utils
Fixed versions: 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.7
cifs-utils
Fixed versions: 2:7.0-2ubuntu0.6
cifs-utils
Fixed versions: 2:7.4-1ubuntu3.1
cifs-utils
Fixed versions: 2:7.4-1ubuntu0.26.04.4
Complete source record
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