Summary
Red Hat libuser contains a race condition vulnerability that allows authenticated local users to corrupt the /etc/passwd file to cause a denial of service or privilege escalation.
- Vendor
- Red Hat
- Product
- Libuser
- Added to KEV
- Aug 26, 2026
- Remediation due
- Sep 9, 2026 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- EPSS
- 8.5% as of Nov 10
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References