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🛡️ CVE-2026-46388

🟡 CVSS 4.4 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-279 NVD
4.4
CVSS Score
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Description

osquery is a SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics framework. Prior to 5.23.1, an unprivileged attacker can read the contents of an osquery file carve until the carve completes and the temporary files are deleted because in-progress carve directories are not created with private permissions. If the carve targets a directory that the attacker controls, arbitrary file reads are possible, such as sensitive local files. This issue is fixed in version 5.23.1.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-46388 is classified as CWE-279: Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions. While it is executing, the product sets the permissions of an object in a way that violates the intended permissions that have been specified by the user.

Affected software

CVE-2026-46388 is recorded against 1 package.

  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 10 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-279: Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 4.4
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-279
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-07-10
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-10
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
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