CVE-2026-31979 - Vulnerability Analysis
HighCVSS: 8.8Last Updated: March 12, 2026
Himmelblau - Privilege Escalation
Published: March 11, 2026Updated: March 12, 2026
Overview
Himmelblau < 3.1.0 and < 2.3.8 contains a local privilege escalation caused by lack of symlink protections in himmelblaud-tasks daemon writing Kerberos cache files under /tmp, letting local users overwrite arbitrary files, exploit requires local user access.
Severity & Score
Severity: High
CVSS Score: 8.8
Impact
Local users can escalate privileges by overwriting arbitrary files, potentially gaining root access.
Mitigation
Update to versions 3.1.0 or 2.3.8 or later.
Related Resources
Details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-31979
- Severity
- High
- CVSS Score
- 8.8
- Type
- broken_access_control
- Status
- unconfirmed
CWE
- CWE-59
CVSS Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H