# CVE-2026-73585: Path traversal in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

> Local attackers can exploit insecure temporary files in sblim-cmpi-base scripts to overwrite root-owned files via symlink attacks, potentially escalating privileges or disrupting services.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 14 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-96609, GHSA-9424-vj6g-h5m7, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73585

## What is CVE-2026-73585?

CVE-2026-73585 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 13 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was found in sblim-cmpi-base. Insecure temporary file creation in the provider registration scripts allows a local unprivileged user to perform a symlink attack. By creating a symlink in a world-writable directory, an attacker can redirect privileged writes to an arbitrary file during script execution in a privileged context. This can lead to the overwrite of root-owned files, potentially disrupting system services or operation. Exploitation is conditional on the script running with elevated privileges and may be mitigated by sticky-directory symlink protections.

Weakness: CWE-377 (DEPRECATED: Insecure Temporary File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-73585?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Enterprise Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-73585?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-73585 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-73585 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-73585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-73585 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-73585 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 13 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-73585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Enterprise Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73585/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73585/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73585
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73585
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-73585

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