Critical severity9.9NVD Advisory· Published Sep 10, 2026· Updated Sep 10, 2026

CVE-2026-68488

Description

A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition leading to insecure symlink following in Plesk causes local privilege escalation to root via arbitrary file/directory ownership takeover.

Affected products

Plesk/Pleskllm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/43248932867351-Vulnerability-in-Plesk-s-Backup-Manager-symlink-race-during-restore-allows-root-privilege-escalationnvd

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