CVE-2026-54369

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-29. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1(high)
EPSS
4.0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 29, 2026

Last Modified

July 22, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jun 29, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

acl < 2.4.0 Symlink Traversal Privilege Escalation via libacl Functions | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/acl-symlink-traversal-privilege-escalation-via-libacl-functions
generic

Version 2.4.0 - acl.git - acl

https://cgit.git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/acl.git/commit/?id=3589787cd589b34bdd9265936e17190b6d3f17d1
generic

Add CVE-2026-54369 and CVE-2026-54370 - acl.git - acl

https://cgit.git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/acl.git/commit/?id=24a227d0ab8576612194f8a56c2314389adc74a5

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-54369(6)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatacl-main-2.4.0-0.1.hum12026-07-01redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 100× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-16 20:37 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-16 20:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-16 09:07 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-16 09:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-15 21:35 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-07-15 21:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-15 10:05 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-07-15 10:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-14 22:35 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-07-14 22:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-14 11:06 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-07-14 11:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-13 23:35 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-07-13 23:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-13 12:06 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-07-13 12:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-13 00:34 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-07-13 00:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-12 13:04 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-07-12 13:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-12 01:33 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-07-12 01:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-11 14:04 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-11 14:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-11 02:31 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-11 02:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-10 15:01 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-07-10 15:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-10 03:32 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-07-10 03:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-09 16:01 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-07-09 16:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-07-09 04:24 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-07-09 04:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-07-08 16:54 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-07-08 16:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-07-08 05:25 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-07-08 05:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-07-07 17:49 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-07-07 17:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-07-07 06:06 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-07-07 06:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-07-06 18:37 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-07-06 18:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-07-06 07:05 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-07-06 07:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-07-05 19:34 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-07-05 19:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-07-05 08:04 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-07-05 08:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-07-04 20:27 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-07-04 20:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-07-04 08:58 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-07-04 08:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-07-03 21:28 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-07-03 21:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-07-03 09:58 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-07-03 09:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-07-02 22:24 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-07-02 22:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-07-02 10:54 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-07-02 10:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-07-01 23:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-07-01 11:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-07-01 00:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  72. 2026-06-30 12:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-06-30 01:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-06-29 13:33 UTCEG score recompute
  75. 2026-06-29 13:32 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-54369?
CVE-2026-54369 is a high vulnerability published on June 29, 2026. acl before version 2.4.0 contains a symlink traversal vulnerability in the libacl pathname-based functions aclgetfile(), aclsetfile(), aclextendedfile(), and acldeletedef_file() that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by replacing any pathname component with a symbolic link. Attackers…
When was CVE-2026-54369 disclosed?
CVE-2026-54369 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 29, 2026, with the most recent update on July 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-54369 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-54369 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 4.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-54369?
CVE-2026-54369 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-54369?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-54369, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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