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Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-8170

CVE-2026-8170

High
Open
TLP:CLEAR

ExtremeXOS Privilege Escalation via Symlink Following in File Utilities

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Government Targeting

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Description

The mv, cp, and rm file utilities exposed within the ExtremeXOS (EXOS) shell environment fail to safely canonicalize paths and follow symbolic links outside of the intended privilege boundary. An attacker with low-privilege CLI access can create a symbolic link that references a privileged filesystem location and then invoke the affected utilities to read, modify, or replace security-critical files outside of their authorized scope. Under certain conditions, this may enable escalation to root-level access and persistent modification of the device software stack. Exploitation is possible remotely by an attacker holding a low-privilege account, or locally via the serial console. Extreme would like to thank Hadrien Barral (Université Gustave Eiffel) and Georges-Axel Jaloyan (French Ministry of the Interior) for responsible disclosure of their findings.

Details

CVSS Score
8.7
EPSS Score
0.43%

35.5th percentile

CVSS Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Confidence
90%
Published
Jul 20, 2026
Last Modified
Jul 20, 2026
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