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CVE-2026-8170

The mv, cp, and rm file utilities exposed within the ExtremeXOS (EXOS) shell environment fail to safely canonicalize paths and follow symbolic links outside of the intended privilege boundary. An attacker with low-privilege CLI access can create a symbolic link that references a privileged filesystem location and then invoke the affected utilities to read, modify, or replace security-critical files outside of their authorized scope. Under certain conditions, this may enable escalation to root-le
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:af87eff1b7e5732cfdbd1318dbe71b15080f9f6fc9d82bf8d7f45ce24a1a9d3e
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Switch Engine"],"product":"Switch Engine (EXOS)","vendor":"Extreme Networks","versions":[{"lessThan":"31.7.4","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"},{"lessThan":"32.7.4.15","status":"affected","version":"32.0.0","versionType":"custom"},{"lessThan":"33.1.100","status":"affected","version":"33.0.0","versionType":"custom"},{"lessThan":"33.7.1","status":"affected","version":"33.2.0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:53daedf2081b4ae46304aff32983aec774465343d9a9e875a4d953deca6a10cc · sha256:2d5a30ed853e5bfd… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":8.7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"H…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:53daedf2081b4ae46304aff32983aec774465343d9a9e875a4d953deca6a10cc · sha256:2d5a30ed853e5bfd… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-59","description":"CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:53daedf2081b4ae46304aff32983aec774465343d9a9e875a4d953deca6a10cc · sha256:2d5a30ed853e5bfd… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"name":"Extreme Networks Product Security","url":"https://www.extremenetworks.com/support/policies/product-security"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:53daedf2081b4ae46304aff32983aec774465343d9a9e875a4d953deca6a10cc · sha256:2d5a30ed853e5bfd… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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