Vulnerability · Published Jul 23, 2026 · Assigned by suse
CVE-2026-59676Local File Deletion Attack Vector in rm_rf() in seunshare
Medium 5.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in selinux from SELinuxProject. 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 1% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 99.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability in seunshare of selinux policycoreutils allows a user calling seunshare that is running in the unconfined SELinux domain to delete arbitrary root-owned files, This issue affects policycoreutils through 3.10.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | policycoreutils | 2.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59676 |
| Debian:13 | policycoreutils | 2.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59676 |
| Debian:14 | policycoreutils | 2.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59676 |
| Debian:13 | selinux-python | 3.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59676 |
| Debian:14 | selinux-python | 3.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59676 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | selinux-python | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59676 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | selinux-python | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59676 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| SELinuxProject | selinux | 0 – through 3.10 |
Weakness: CWE-367 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N