CVE-2026-52791
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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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"id": "CVE-2026-52791",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-07-29T17:16:52.187",
"lastModified": "2026-10-24T13:10:00.147",
"vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
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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."
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"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."
}
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"affected": [
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"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
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"product": "fuse-overlayfs",
"versions": [
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"type": "Secondary",
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"modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
"valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
"vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
"providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED"
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"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs/releases/tag/v1.17",
"source": "[email protected]"
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{
"url": "https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs/security/advisories/GHSA-2cc4-p72c-v85h",
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