CVE-2026-100310 — GNU libextractor before 1.16 Privilege Escalation via LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX
GNU libextractor before 1.16 loads plugins from an untrusted search path specified by the LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX environment variable without proper privilege checks. A local attac…
Published: 2026-09-25 · CVSS: 7.3 · CVSS 4.0
GNU libextractor before 1.16 loads plugins from an untrusted search path specified by the LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX environment variable without proper privilege checks. A local attacker can exploit this by setting LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX to a directory containing a malicious plugin that executes arbitrary code with elevated privileges when loaded by a setuid or setgid program.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7