Re: CVE-2026-100310: GNU libextractor < 1.16 Privilege Escalation via LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX
Simon McVittie questions whether libextractor CVE-2026-100310 is a realistic setuid privilege escalation.
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Simon McVittie questions whether libextractor CVE-2026-100310 is a realistic setuid privilege escalation.
A glibc ld.so TOCTOU lets local attackers load code via $ORIGIN in setuid programs.
Setuid-root Apache Storm worker-launcher chowns worker directory to the tenant before reading its command file, enabling local root privilege escalation.
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