Medium6.3Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2026-54371] Symlink Traversal Privilege Escalation via getfattr and setfattr

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-54371.

CVE-2026-54371 Published Jun 29, 2026Updated by vendor Jun 29, 2026

CVE-2026-54371

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Summary

Symlink Traversal Privilege Escalation via getfattr and setfattr. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 6.3).

Weakness: CWE-59. Red Hat lists fixing advisory RHSA-2026:34889 with package attr-main-2.6.0-9.1.hum1.

Affected versions

attr-main-2.6.0-9.1.hum1

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Fixed versions

attr-main-2.6.0-9.1.hum1
RHSA-2026:34889

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:34889 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).

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