Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 11, 2026· Updated Mar 11, 2026
himmelblaud-tasks: local privilege escalation via /tmp symlink attack on Kerberos ccache
CVE-2026-31979
Description
Himmelblau is an interoperability suite for Microsoft Azure Entra ID and Intune. Prior to 3.1.0 and 2.3.8, the himmelblaud-tasks daemon, running as root, writes Kerberos cache files under /tmp/krb5cc_<uid> without symlink protections. Since commit 87a51ee, PrivateTmp is explicitly removed from the tasks daemon's systemd hardening, exposing it to the host /tmp. A local user can exploit this via symlink attacks to chown or overwrite arbitrary files, achieving local privilege escalation. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.1.0 and 2.3.8.
Affected products
1- Range: >= 1.0.0, < 2.3.8
Patches
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Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- github.com/himmelblau-idm/himmelblau/security/advisories/GHSA-44wm-q286-ghq3mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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