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CVE-2026-73974

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Description

linuxfabrik-lib provides Python modules for database access, caching, shell execution, and API integrations, and Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins uses its shared testing helper across check plugins. Prior to linuxfabrik-lib 6.1.0 and Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins 7.0.0, lib.lftest.test() treated the first or second element of a --test CSV argument as a filesystem path and returned the file contents as simulated standard output or standard error without path confinement. The hidden but production-accessible --test argument was accepted by sudo-authorized plugins, so an attacker controlling the nagios or icinga account could use check-plugins/deb-updates/deb-updates with its default QUERY=1 to disclose every line of a root-readable file. Approximately 22 other plugins exposed filtered content or a root file existence and readability oracle through the same helper, while check-plugins/network-bonding/network-bonding and check-plugins/openstack-swift-stat/openstack-swift-stat had direct read paths that bypassed the helper. The library fix confines fixture reads to the invoking plugin's unit-test directory and refuses unsafe anchors, and the plugin fix routes the two bypasses through that helper. These issues are fixed in linuxfabrik-lib 6.1.0 and Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins 7.0.0.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-18 22:17:33.840000
Last modified
2026-11-09 20:10:00.200000
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  "published": "2026-08-18T22:17:33.840",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-09T20:10:00.200",
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      "value": "linuxfabrik-lib provides Python modules for database access, caching, shell execution, and API integrations, and Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins uses its shared testing helper across check plugins. Prior to linuxfabrik-lib 6.1.0 and Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins 7.0.0, lib.lftest.test() treated the first or second element of a --test CSV argument as a filesystem path and returned the file contents as simulated standard output or standard error without path confinement. The hidden but production-accessible --test argument was accepted by sudo-authorized plugins, so an attacker controlling the nagios or icinga account could use check-plugins/deb-updates/deb-updates with its default QUERY=1 to disclose every line of a root-readable file. Approximately 22 other plugins exposed filtered content or a root file existence and readability oracle through the same helper, while check-plugins/network-bonding/network-bonding and check-plugins/openstack-swift-stat/openstack-swift-stat had direct read paths that bypassed the helper. The library fix confines fixture reads to the invoking plugin's unit-test directory and refuses unsafe anchors, and the plugin fix routes the two bypasses through that helper. These issues are fixed in linuxfabrik-lib 6.1.0 and Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins 7.0.0."
    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "linuxfabrik-lib proporciona módulos Python para acceso a bases de datos, almacenamiento en caché, ejecución de shell e integraciones de API, y Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins utiliza su ayudante de pruebas compartido en todos los plugins de verificación. Antes de linuxfabrik-lib 6.1.0 y Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins 7.0.0, lib.lftest.test() trataba el primer o segundo elemento de un argumento CSV --test como una ruta del sistema de archivos y devolvía el contenido del archivo como salida estándar simulada o error estándar sin confinamiento de ruta. El argumento --test oculto pero accesible en producción era aceptado por plugins autorizados por sudo, por lo que un atacante que controlara la cuenta nagios o icinga podría usar check-plugins/deb-updates/deb-updates con su QUERY=1 predeterminado para divulgar cada línea de un archivo legible por root. Aproximadamente otros 22 plugins exponían contenido filtrado o un oráculo de existencia y legibilidad de archivos root a través del mismo ayudante, mientras que check-plugins/network-bonding/network-bonding y check-plugins/openstack-swift-stat/openstack-swift-stat tenían rutas de lectura directas que eludían al ayudante. La corrección de la biblioteca confina las lecturas de fixtures al directorio de pruebas unitarias del plugin invocador y rechaza anclajes inseguros, y la corrección del plugin enruta los dos desvíos a través de ese ayudante. Estos problemas están solucionados en linuxfabrik-lib 6.1.0 y Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins 7.0.0."
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      "url": "https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/lib/commit/d665042c55fae83a295ebc0023e8b77f6c473a28",
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