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CVE-2026-52791

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Description

fuse-overlayfs is an implementation of overlayfs in FUSE for rootless containers. Prior to 1.17, the release-1.x C branch preserves SUID and SGID mode bits in main.c during open(O_TRUNC) and truncate handling on a copied-up file, allowing a low-privileged process to leave the upper-layer file with mode 4777. This issue is fixed in version 1.17.

Severity
LOW
CVSS score
2.0 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-29 17:16:52.187000
Last modified
2026-10-24 13:10:00.147000
View original CVE JSON
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  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-07-29T17:16:52.187",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-24T13:10:00.147",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "fuse-overlayfs is an implementation of overlayfs in FUSE for rootless containers. Prior to 1.17, the release-1.x C branch preserves SUID and SGID mode bits in main.c during open(O_TRUNC) and truncate handling on a copied-up file, allowing a low-privileged process to leave the upper-layer file with mode 4777. This issue is fixed in version 1.17."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "fuse-overlayfs es una implementación de overlayfs en FUSE para contenedores sin privilegios de root. Antes de la 1.17, la rama C release-1.x conserva los bits de modo SUID y SGID en main.c durante el manejo de open(O_TRUNC) y truncate en un archivo copiado a la capa superior, permitiendo que un proceso con pocos privilegios deje el archivo de la capa superior con el modo 4777. Este problema está corregido en la versión 1.17."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "containers",
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            }
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        }
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  "metrics": {
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          "modifiedVulnAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
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  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs/commit/97e0d968a782fc259ebde112db1e9b9ff1ad724f",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs/releases/tag/v1.17",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
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