CVE-2026-53759

linuxfabrik-lib: Insecure creation of SQLite databases

LOW
2
CVSS Score
Published: August 18, 2026 at 08:54 PM UTC
Updated: October 22, 2026 at 09:09 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMonitoring Plugins

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Severity
LOW2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
PoC

Description

linuxfabrik-lib provides Python modules for database access, caching, shell execution, and API integrations. Prior to version 4.2.0, db_sqlite.py created SQLite databases at predictable paths in the shared /tmp directory and followed attacker-created symbolic links at those paths. An attacker who controls a local monitoring account can create a symlink such as /tmp/linuxfabrik-monitoring-plugins-docker-stats.db and then trigger a sudo-authorized plugin, causing the root process to create or modify the symlink target. The primitive can overwrite arbitrary paths, cause denial of service, or manipulate an existing SQLite database through a crafted rollback journal or write-ahead log. The Monitoring Plugins integration also moved plugin caches through lib.db_sqlite.get_db_path() so they use the secured per-user directory. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.2.0
Affected range stops below 4.2.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

2LOWGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-377

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