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.
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{
"id": "CVE-2026-73974",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-08-18T22:17:33.840",
"lastModified": "2026-11-09T20:10:00.200",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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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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"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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"affected": [
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
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"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"baseScore": 5.5,
"baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
"attackVector": "LOCAL",
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"privilegesRequired": "LOW",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "NONE",
"availabilityImpact": "NONE"
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"weaknesses": [
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"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
"description": [
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"value": "CWE-22"
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"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/lib/commit/d665042c55fae83a295ebc0023e8b77f6c473a28",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/lib/releases/tag/v6.1.0",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/commit/f6680a9e4b39569f318feefdb2f51e5d18c7dad5",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/releases/tag/v7.0.0",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/security/advisories/GHSA-rh9c-rqvg-f7pr",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
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