Description
A flaw was found in cifs-utils. This flaw allows an unprivileged local user to achieve privilege escalation. When a privileged service mounts a Common Internet File System (CIFS) share using a user-controlled credentials file, input values are not properly sanitized before being assembled into mount options. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject unauthorized mount options, allowing them to bypass permission checks and execute files with administrative (root) privileges.
Published: 2026-10-16
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6567-1 cifs-utils security update
History

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in cifs-utils. This flaw allows an unprivileged local user to achieve privilege escalation. When a privileged service mounts a Common Internet File System (CIFS) share using a user-controlled credentials file, input values are not properly sanitized before being assembled into mount options. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject unauthorized mount options, allowing them to bypass permission checks and execute files with administrative (root) privileges.
Title Cifs-utils: mount.cifs credential-file option injection allows local privilege boundary bypass
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-88
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
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
Redhat openshift
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Redhat Enterprise Linux Openshift
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-16T06:47:10.481Z

Reserved: 2026-10-02T11:04:55.082Z

Link: CVE-2026-104715

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-16T07:17:08.090

Modified: 2026-10-16T07:17:08.090

Link: CVE-2026-104715

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-15T10:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-104715 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-88

    Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')