A flaw was found in the xfs_admin utility in xfsprogs. The tool does not properly validate user-supplied parameters, allowing operating system command injection. A local attacker can exploit this issue by providing crafted input arguments, which may result in arbitrary command execution and local privilege escalation depending on how xfs_admin is executed.
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Wed, 11 Nov 2026 18:45:00 +0000
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| Description | A flaw was found in the xfs_admin utility in xfsprogs. The tool does not properly validate user-supplied parameters, allowing operating system command injection. A local attacker can exploit this issue by providing crafted input arguments, which may result in arbitrary command execution and local privilege escalation depending on how xfs_admin is executed. | |
| Title | Xfsprogs: xfsprogs: local privilege escalation via command injection in xfs_admin | |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-78 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4 cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:5 cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-11T18:38:17.370Z
Reserved: 2026-10-09T22:24:14.527Z
Link: CVE-2026-108472
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