Medium severity4.2NVD Advisory· Published May 18, 2026· Updated May 18, 2026
CVE-2026-8784
CVE-2026-8784
Description
A vulnerability was detected in npitre cramfs-tools up to 2.2. Affected is the function change_file_status of the file cramfsck.c. Performing a manipulation results in symlink following. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named b4a3a695c9873f824907bd15659f2a6ac7667b4f. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <=2.2
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