Is there a public exploit for CVE-2026-88924?

No public exploit for CVE-2026-88924 was found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei templates or public proof-of-concept repositories. That is an absence of evidence rather than proof that none exists.

How severe is CVE-2026-88924?

CVE-2026-88924 scores CVSS 7 (v3.1), rated high. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%.

What does CVE-2026-88924 affect?

CVE-2026-88924 affects Red Hat, Gnome Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support, gvfs, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

7.0 High

A flaw was found in the admin backend of gvfs.

CVE-2026-88924

A flaw was found in the admin backend of gvfs. The privileged gvfsd-admin daemon changes the ownership of newly created private D-Bus sockets by calling the link-following chown() function on a pathname inside a user-controlled directory. A local attacker can exploit this via a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition and exchange the socket pathname with a symbolic link pointing to an arbitrary root-owned file (such as /etc/pam.d/su). The daemon subsequently follows the symlink and changes the ownership of the targeted root-owned file to the attacker's user ID. This allows an authenticated local attacker to modify critical system files, leading to a full local privilege escalation to root.

Assessment

CVSS: 7 (v3.1)
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Known exploited: Not listed in CISA KEV
Exploit availability: Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
Published: 10 September 2026
Last updated: 4 November 2026
Affected: Gnome · Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Assigner: redhat

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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