Medium
5.5
A flaw was found in GNU patch. An attacker can achieve arbitrary file creation outside the...
CVE-2026-115207
First seen on SecPulse
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Hardened Images | — | — |
Original description The description as published by the source.
A flaw was found in GNU patch. An attacker can achieve arbitrary file creation outside the intended working directory by enticing a user or automated workflow to apply a specially crafted patch file. Due to missing validation during automatic patch reversal, absolute file paths in patch headers are accepted rather than rejected. Consequently, the utility can create files in arbitrary locations with the permissions of the executing user.
Source: CVE.org (CVE Program・cvelistV5) NVD GitHub Advisory
References
- web secalert@redhat.com
- web secalert@redhat.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com