Description
A flaw was found in sblim-sfcb. A local, low-privileged attacker can exploit a race condition during privileged instance migration by manipulating a temporary file in the `/tmp` directory. By repeatedly recreating a symbolic link, the attacker can redirect privileged output to an arbitrary file. This can lead to privileged file corruption or a denial of service (DoS) on the system.
Published: 2026-08-13
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

A race condition in sblim-sfcb allows a local low‑privileged user to manipulate a temporary file in the /tmp directory during privileged instance migration. By repeatedly recreating a symbolic link, the attacker can redirect privileged output to an arbitrary file, causing privileged file corruption or inducing a system‑wide denial of service. The flaw is classified as insecure temporary file handling (CWE‑377).

Affected Systems

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are affected by this vulnerability, as they include the sblim-sfcb package vulnerable to the race condition.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 6.3 indicates moderate severity, and the lack of an EPSS score means no publicly available exploitation data exists yet. The vulnerability is local and requires an untrusted local user who can write to /tmp while sfcbrepos runs with elevated privileges. Because it is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, it has not yet been seen in widespread attacks, but the risk remains significant for organizations that run sfcbrepos on multi‑user hosts. The recommended mitigation is to disable the migration path or avoid running sfcbrepos as root when untrusted users can affect /tmp.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 13, 2026 at 13:23 UTC.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

To mitigate this issue, if instance migration is not required, run the `sfcbrepos` command with the `-i` option to disable the vulnerable migration path. For example: `sudo sfcbrepos -f -i`. Alternatively, avoid running `sfcbrepos` with elevated privileges on systems where untrusted local users can concurrently write to the `/tmp` directory. A service restart or reload may be required for changes to take effect if `sfcbrepos` is managed by a service.


OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Run sfcbrepos with the –i option to disable the vulnerable migration path (e.g., sudo sfcbrepos -f -i).
  • Avoid executing sfcbrepos with elevated privileges on systems where untrusted local users can write to /tmp.
  • Restart or reload the sfcbrepos service after making the above changes so the new configuration takes effect.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 13, 2026 at 13:23 UTC.

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History

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in sblim-sfcb. A local, low-privileged attacker can exploit a race condition during privileged instance migration by manipulating a temporary file in the `/tmp` directory. By repeatedly recreating a symbolic link, the attacker can redirect privileged output to an arbitrary file. This can lead to privileged file corruption or a denial of service (DoS) on the system.
Title Sblim-sfcb: sblim-sfcb: privileged file corruption and denial of service via insecure temporary file handling
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-377
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-13T14:34:33.655Z

Reserved: 2026-08-13T11:01:55.535Z

Link: CVE-2026-73584

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-13T13:19:18.673

Modified: 2026-08-13T15:20:18.373

Link: CVE-2026-73584

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-08-13T13:30:17Z

Weaknesses