CVE-2026-7867
Udisks2: udisks2: local privilege escalation via as-user option spoofing
What happened?
A flaw was found in udisks2. A local attacker with an active console session can exploit insufficient authorization checking on the 'as-user' option in the org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Filesystem.Mount() D-Bus method. This allows the attacker to spoof the 'as-user' parameter, mounting filesystems on behalf of arbitrary users, including privileged accounts. This can lead to local privilege escalation through mount point injection and manipulation of the mount namespace visible to privileged users.
Affected software and versions
| Software | Version information | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| udisks | affected: 2.10.0 to < 2.11.2 | See vendor advisory |
| udisks2Red Hat | unaffected: 0:2.11.0-2.el10_2.1 to < * | See vendor advisory |
| udisks2Red Hat | unaffected: 0:2.10.90-5.el10_0.3 to < * | See vendor advisory |
| udisks2Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| udisks2Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| udisks2Red Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
Version information comes from the source record and can include unaffected products and exceptions. Distribution packages may contain backported fixes: an older upstream version alone does not prove a server is affected.
Is it being exploited?
This CVE was not listed in the CISA catalogue at our last retrieval. This does not establish that exploitation is absent.
How to respond
- Confirm the product, installed package version, and any configuration requirements in the vendor advisory.
- Follow the vendor’s remediation or workaround guidance in the references below. Structured fixed-version data is unavailable here; the publisher’s description may include a fix or workaround.
- Restart affected services if required, then verify the running version. Known exploitation may warrant investigation as well as patching.
Sources and remediation references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7867
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53435
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64798
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7867
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466747
- https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks/releases/tag/udisks-2.11.2
- https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks/security/advisories/GHSA-j42g-v9jw-6ph3