CVE-2026-54371

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-29. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

attr before version 2.6.0 contains a symlink traversal vulnerability in the getfattr and setfattr utilities that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by replacing a pathname component with a symbolic link during directory hierarchy traversal. Attackers who control a pathname component can redirect getfattr and setfattr operations to arbitrary files by substituting a symlink, leading to local privilege escalation when getfattr or setfattr is invoked by a privileged process over an attacker-controlled path.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1(high)
EG Risk
32(Track)
EG Risk 32/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity71% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 29, 2026

Last Modified

July 15, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 29, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

attr < 2.6.0 Symlink Traversal Privilege Escalation via getfattr/setfattr | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/attr-symlink-traversal-privilege-escalation-via-getfattr-setfattr
generic

attr.git - attr

https://cgit.git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/attr.git/commit/?id=c440855d6b33446edf4b5eb1a2d892281f15a99b

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-54371(3)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatattr-main-2.6.0-9.1.hum12026-07-02redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 124× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 124 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-28 15:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-28 14:29 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-07-28 14:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-28 01:02 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-28 01:02 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-07-28 01:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-27 13:08 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-27 13:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-27 01:33 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-27 01:33 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-27 01:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-26 14:17 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-26 14:17 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-07-26 14:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-23 03:19 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-16 23:03 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-07-16 23:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-16 11:47 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-07-16 11:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-16 00:32 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-16 00:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-15 13:17 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-07-15 13:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-15 02:02 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-15 02:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-14 14:46 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-14 14:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-14 03:30 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-07-14 03:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-13 16:16 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-07-13 16:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-07-13 04:52 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-07-13 04:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-07-12 17:36 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-07-12 17:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-07-12 06:22 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-07-12 06:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-07-11 19:02 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-07-11 19:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-07-11 07:46 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-07-11 07:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-07-10 20:31 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-07-10 20:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-07-10 09:16 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-07-10 09:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-07-09 22:00 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-07-09 22:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-07-09 10:44 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-07-09 10:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-07-08 23:18 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-07-08 23:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-07-08 11:57 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-07-08 11:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-07-08 00:20 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-07-08 00:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-07-07 13:05 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-07-07 13:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-07-07 01:49 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-07-07 01:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-07-06 14:32 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-07-06 14:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-07-06 03:18 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-07-06 03:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  70. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  71. 2026-07-05 16:03 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-07-05 16:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-07-05 04:47 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-07-05 04:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-54371?
CVE-2026-54371 is a high vulnerability published on June 29, 2026. attr before version 2.6.0 contains a symlink traversal vulnerability in the getfattr and setfattr utilities that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by replacing a pathname component with a symbolic link during directory hierarchy traversal. Attackers who control a pathname component can…
When was CVE-2026-54371 disclosed?
CVE-2026-54371 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 29, 2026, with the most recent update on July 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-54371 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-54371 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 96.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-54371?
CVE-2026-54371 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-54371?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-54371, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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