CVE-2015-3246

UNKNOWNKnown Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability affects an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873 ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3246

Remediation deadline: September 9, 2026

Description

Red Hat libuser contains a race condition vulnerability that allows authenticated local users to corrupt the /etc/passwd file to cause a denial of service or privilege escalation.

Timeline

Published:August 26th, 2026 12:00 AM

Last modified:August 26th, 2026 12:00 AM

Added to KEV:August 26th, 2026

CVSS Scoring

No CVSS v3 score available

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

Red Hat

Products

Libuser

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

No references available.

Source: CISA KEV + NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute