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CVE record · CVE-2026-76642

util-linux libmount Privilege Escalation via Failed Mount Helper

CVSS 8.5 HighEPSS 0.0022 · 12th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: VulnCheck) at 3 Sept 2026, 10:54 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
util-linux util-linux pkg:github/util-linux/util-linux
  • affected 2.39 to before 2.41.6 custom
  • affected 2.42 to before 2.42.3 custom
Other versions: unaffected
Identifiers
CVE-2026-76642
CNA
VulnCheck
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-390
Tags
Published
3 Sept 2026
Updated
3 Sept 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.5 High 4.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CNA (VulnCheck)Used for this record
7.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (VulnCheck)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 3 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

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