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Vulnerability · Published Jul 10, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-46388osquery: Unprivileged users can temporarily read file carve contents

Medium 4.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in osquery from osquery. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

osquery is a SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics framework. Prior to 5.23.1, an unprivileged attacker can read the contents of an osquery file carve until the carve completes and the temporary files are deleted because in-progress carve directories are not created with private permissions. If the carve targets a directory that the attacker controls, arbitrary file reads are possible, such as sensitive local files. This issue is fixed in version 5.23.1.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
osquery osquery < 5.23.1

Weakness: CWE-279, CWE-378, CWE-379 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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