acl < 2.4.0 Symlink Traversal Privilege Escalation via libacl Functions

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54369",
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    "title": "acl < 2.4.0 Symlink Traversal Privilege Escalation via libacl Functions",
    "summary": "acl before version 2.4.0 contains a symlink traversal vulnerability in the libacl pathname-based functions acl_get_file(), acl_set_file(), acl_extended_file(), and acl_delete_def_file() that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by replacing any pathname component with a symbolic link. Attackers who control any component of a pathname processed by a privileged caller can redirect ACL read or write operations to arbitrary files or directories, enabling unauthorized manipulation of access control lists and local privilege escalation.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-31T10:30:56.942472907Z",
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        "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-54369.json",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34351",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42736",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42739",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43420",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44481",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46836",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50205",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53371",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54769",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64805",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67140",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67142",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67144",
        "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-54369",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/54xxx/CVE-2026-54369.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54369",
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/acl-symlink-traversal-privilege-escalation-via-libacl-functions",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2490277",
        "https://cgit.git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/acl.git/commit/?id=24a227d0ab8576612194f8a56c2314389adc74a5",
        "https://cgit.git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/acl.git/commit/?id=3589787cd589b34bdd9265936e17190b6d3f17d1"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 460025,
  "published_at": "2026-06-29T12:37:21.666+00:00"
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