CVE-2026-4878: Libcap: libcap: privilege escalation via toctou race condition in cap_set_file()

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.7)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2026-Apr
Released
2026-04-11
Last Updated
2026-04-14
EPSS Score
0.02% (percentile: 4.0%)

Affected Products (3)

Open Source Software

  • cbl2 libcap 2.60-7 on CBL Mariner 2.0
  • azl3 libcap 2.69-13 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • azl3 libcap 2.69-14 on Azure Linux 3.0

Revision History

  • 2026-04-11: Information published.
  • 2026-04-13: Information published.
  • 2026-04-14: Information published.