CVE-2026-54369High· 7.1▾ TwilightA flaw was found in the `acl` package, specifically within its `libacl` pathname-based functions. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a symbolic link to replace a pathname component. This could allow the attacker to …
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 39.1 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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A flaw was found in the acl package, specifically within its libacl pathname-based functions. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a symbolic link to replace a pathname component. This could allow the attacker to redirect access control list (ACL) read or write operations to arbitrary files or directories, leading to unauthorized manipulation of ACLs and ultimately local privilege escalation.
acl: Symlink traversal privilege escalation via libacl functions — rated Important by Red Hat. Released 2026-06-29, updated 2026-10-14.
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For OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update:
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.14/html/release_notes/
You may download the oc tool and use it to inspect release image metadata for x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 architectures. The image digests may be found at https://quay.io/repository/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release?tab=tags.
The sha values for the release are as fol… https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73866 For OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update:
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.16/html/release_notes/
You can download the oc tool and use it to inspect release image metadata for x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 architectures. The image digests can be found at https://quay.io/repository/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release?tab=tags.
The sha values for the release are as fol… https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73851 For OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update:
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.17/html/release_notes/
You may download the oc tool and use it to inspect release image metadata for x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 architectures. The image digests may be found at https://quay.io/repository/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release?tab=tags.
The sha values for the release are as fol… https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70586
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Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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