A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition leading to insecure symlink following in Plesk causes local privilege escalation to root via arbitrary file/directory ownership takeover.

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Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Description A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition leading to insecure symlink following in Plesk causes local privilege escalation to root via arbitrary file/directory ownership takeover.
Weaknesses CWE-367
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Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

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Updated: 2026-09-10T18:18:54.741Z

Reserved: 2026-07-30T15:00:00.609Z

Link: CVE-2026-68488

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-10T17:17:05.437

Modified: 2026-09-10T17:17:05.437

Link: CVE-2026-68488

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