CVE-2026-79617 Improper Access Control Leading to Display Exposure in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM's Pardus LightDM Greeter
An attacker can exploit incorrect permission assignments in the Pardus LightDM Greeter to expose sensitive display information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-79617?
CVE-2026-79617 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute Pardus LightDM Greeter, published on 9 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute Pardus LightDM Greeter allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.
This issue affects Pardus LightDM Greeter: before 0.4.15.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-79617?
How do I fix CVE-2026-79617?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-79617 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-79617 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-79617 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3584-rwvv-wp47.