CVE-2026-25704
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.001 · 0 %ileEUEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors/Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability in cosmic-greeter can allow an attacker to regain privileges that should have been dropped and abuse them in the racy checking logic. This issue affects cosmic-greeter before https://github.Com/pop-os/cosmic-greeter/pull/426.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2–5.8
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
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affected products (1)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (5)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-25704cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-25704cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-25704enisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/16/3nvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-25704nvd
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