DEBIAN-CVE-2026-41991
- Source
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-41991
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-41991.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-41991
- Upstream
- CVE-2026-41991
- Published
- 2026-06-29T12:16:29Z
- Modified
- 2026-09-14T17:03:36Z
- Severity
-
- 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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
- References
Affected packages
Debian:12 / gzip
Package
- Name
- gzip
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/gzip?arch=source&distro=bookworm
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Debian:13 / gzip
Package
- Name
- gzip
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/gzip?arch=source&distro=trixie
Debian:14 / gzip
Package
- Name
- gzip
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/gzip?arch=source&distro=forky