CVE-2026-58088

Race condition in ELF core dump segment counting

HIGH
7.4
CVSS Score
Published: August 19, 2026 at 07:52 AM UTC
Updated: October 27, 2026 at 12:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD

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Severity
HIGH7.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The ELF core dump code counted the number of dumpable VM map entries, allocated a buffer for the corresponding program headers, then iterated over the map a second time to populate them. A process sharing the address space via rfork(2) can mutate the map between the two passes, causing the second pass to write program headers past the end of the buffer. An unprivileged local user sharing an address space with a process that dumps core can trigger an out-of-bounds write on the kernel heap, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Affected

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

Affected range stops below p12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below p2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below p8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

Vendor AdvisoryMailing List
Source: cverecord
https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:55.elf.asc

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

7.4HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-362CWE-787

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