CVE-2026-67433
Linuxfabrik monitoring-plugins: Symlink following in logfile legacy database migration
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Description
Linuxfabrik monitoring-plugins provides Python monitoring plugins for Icinga, Nagios, and related monitoring systems. In version 6.0.0, the logfile check legacy database migration moved a predictable path from /tmp with os.rename() and allowed a local user controlling the plugin account to place a symlink that would be followed by sqlite3.connect() during a root-run check.
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Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
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