CVE-2026-41991 (GCVE-0-2026-41991)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-29 10:15
Modified
2026-06-29 13:31
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-377 - Insecure Temporary File
Summary
GNU gzip contains a vulnerability in the gzexe utility related to insecure temporary file handling. When the mktemp utility is not available in the user’s PATH, gzexe falls back to constructing a temporary file path based solely on the process ID (PID). This predictable filename is created without exclusive access or existence checks.
A local attacker can pre‑create the predicted temporary file path as a symbolic link pointing to an arbitrary file writable by the victim. When gzexe runs, it follows the symlink and overwrites the target file, resulting in a time‑of‑check to time‑of‑use (TOCTOU) condition that allows arbitrary file overwrite.
This issue has been fixed in the commit 4e6f8b24ab823146ab8776f0b7fe486ab34d4269
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