Details
- Type
- Privilege Escalation
- Impact
- Privilege Escalation
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 14 October 2026
- Updated
- 15 October 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-367
Vendor fix
Upgrade to versions 2.41.5, 2.42.2 or later where mount targets are properly pinned.
Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53613
- https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/85d16b341f7232c9dbb4884b632e1e956584bee9
- https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/releases/tag/v2.41.5
- https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/releases/tag/v2.42.2
- https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/0b010025a0e429bc80355c94db86a843395d49e2
- https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/39fef62bf3226abb6bb018fa8750afa0327e84b4
- https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/708d1b3c51932dc5ba8082c7368187715e6a8d78
- https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/a9508d216eb8977979102782672e0470cc9bf2a2
- https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/releases/tag/v2.42.4
- https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/security/advisories/GHSA-8gj5-72r3-428g
- https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/0d3d55975aa3492c62fd345eac38f41cd166c0b0
- https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/2c773f336134acf016e639abb6f12ba7341fe4b8
- https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/472cc3fb2d4d47cca7aab2e0b59eb3fb8a9359ec
- https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/646fb66603d10a7ac337e14f566f1af48e3107c9
- https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/78a860982e036f38fe9c0b3344998df5ac2c2ff5