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CVE-2026-46388
osquery: Unprivileged users can temporarily read file carve contents
Medium4.4EPSS 0.13%
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- GitHub_M
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.13% · top 98% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
- CWE-279: Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-279 and its CVEs
- CWE-378: Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-378 and its CVEs
- CWE-379: Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-379 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (4)
- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/security/advisories/GHSA-fg78-9q98-62hh (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8961 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/commit/6dabe9ded33bf9c6fc0f3e37ec364a1cbbd25d68 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/releases/tag/5.23.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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