{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 3 products.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2015-3246 in the wild since at least 26 Aug 2026.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch. US federal agencies must fix it by 9 Sep 2026.","what":"CVE-2015-3246 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 11 Aug 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2015-3246 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2015-3246 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 11 Aug 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2015-3246 in the wild since at least 26 Aug 2026.\n\nAffected product: Opensuse Opensuse. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3246/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3246/index.md)","id":"CVE-2015-3246","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3246/index.md","name":"CVE-2015-3246","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3246","GHSA-f52h-j689-x786","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3246"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux usermode package","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Local attackers can cause denial of service via inconsistent file state in /etc/passwd, potentially leading to privilege escalation when combined with another vulnerability.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"race_condition"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"redhat","cpe":[{"product":"libuser","vendor":"libuser_project"},{"product":"opensuse","vendor":"opensuse"},{"product":"enterprise_linux","vendor":"redhat"}],"cvss":{"score":7.4,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-264","name":null},{"id":"CWE-367","name":"Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition"}],"description":"libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, directly modifies /etc/passwd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (inconsistent file state) by causing an error during the modification. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2015-3245 to gain privileges.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":3,"first_seen":"2015-07-24","github_poc":1,"max_poc_stars":0,"metasploit":1,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2015-07-24","kind":"metasploit","ref":"exploit/linux/local/libuser_roothelper_priv_esc","stars":null,"title":"Libuser roothelper Privilege Escalation"},{"date":"2015-07-27","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"37706","stars":null,"title":"Libuser Library - Multiple Vulnerabilities"},{"date":"2018-05-16","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"44633","stars":null,"title":"Libuser - 'roothelper' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)"},{"date":"2018-05-16","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"44633","stars":null,"title":"Libuser - 'roothelper' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)"},{"date":"2026-08-27T08:30:01Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/HORKimhab/CVE-2015-3246","stars":0,"title":"CVE-2015-3246"}],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Red Hat Libuser Race Condition","id":"CVE-2015-3246","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2026-08-26","dueDate":"2026-09-09","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","product":"Libuser","requiredAction":"Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.","vendorProject":"Red Hat","vulnerabilityName":"Red Hat Libuser Race Condition Vulnerability"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"opensuse:opensuse","products":["opensuse:opensuse","redhat:enterprise_linux"],"type":"race_condition","year":"2015"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":10,"next":{"headline":"Race condition in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-3247"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-3245"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2015-08-11","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"BSD-3-Clause","name":"Metasploit"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"GPL-2.0-or-later","name":"Exploit-DB"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-01","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Local attackers can cause denial of service via inconsistent file state in /etc/passwd, potentially leading to privilege escalation when combined with another vulnerability.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3246/"}