{"id":"CVE-2026-112110","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-112110"],"related":[],"title":"SafeNet Authentication Client: race condition lets local user delete protected files","description":"A time-of-check to time-of-use race condition in the SafeNet Authentication Client (SAC) SACSrv log-cleanup function can allow an authenticated, non-administrator local user to redirect a privileged file deletion operation outside the intended log\ndirectory. \n\n\n\nThis issue affects SAC releases up to and including 10.9 R3 GA (build 10.9.7449).","summary":"A time-of-check to time-of-use race in the SafeNet Authentication Client log-cleanup routine lets a logged-in non-admin local user redirect a privileged file deletion outside the log directory. An attacker can use this to delete files the service should not touch.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.8,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["other","sac","safenet-authentication-client","windows"],"not_affected_if":["client-not-installed","no-local-untrusted-users"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed SafeNet Authentication Client version against the affected range (releases up to and including `10.9 R3 GA`, build `10.9.7449`)","fix":"- Move past `10.9 R3 GA` (build `10.9.7449`); the fixed version is not stated in the sources","status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-05T18:17:00+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-05T18:40:09+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-05T18:40:42+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-05T18:40:42+00:00","category":"other","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-05T18:40:42Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Move past `10.9 R3 GA` (build `10.9.7449`); the fixed version is not stated in the sources\n- unknown","reach":"local","title":"SafeNet Authentication Client: race condition lets local user delete protected files","impact":"medium","summary":"A time-of-check to time-of-use race in the SafeNet Authentication Client log-cleanup routine lets a logged-in non-admin local user redirect a privileged file deletion outside the log directory. An attacker can use this to delete files the service should not touch.","audience":"businesses","category":"other","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["safenet-authentication-client","windows","sac"],"confidence":0.6,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"local user deletes privileged files outside the log directory","analyst_note":"Check the NVD entry and the vendor advisory for the fixed SAC version and whether the SACSrv service is installed by default.","how_to_check":"- Check the installed SafeNet Authentication Client version against the affected range (releases up to and including `10.9 R3 GA`, build `10.9.7449`)\n- unknown for other checks, the sources do not say","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["no-local-untrusted-users","client-not-installed"],"who_is_affected":"Only machines running SafeNet Authentication Client releases up to and including 10.9 R3 GA (build 10.9.7449) are affected. The attacker needs a local, non-administrator account on the machine, so exposure is limited to shared or multi-user Windows hosts where the client is installed.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"unknown"},"cost_usd":0.00072,"input_tokens":4255,"output_tokens":589,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-112110':14A,17A '-2026':13A,16A '10.9':130C '10.9.7449':134C 'admin':52B 'administr':106C 'affect':123C 'allow':101C 'attack':65B 'authent':2A,22B,39B,92C,103C 'build':133C 'check':29B,81C 'cleanup':43B,98C 'client':3A,23B,40B,93C 'condit':5A,88C 'cve':12A,15A 'delet':9A,59B,70B,114C 'directori':63B,120C 'file':11A,58B,71B,113C 'function':99C 'ga':132C 'includ':129C 'intend':118C 'issu':122C 'let':6A,45B 'local':7A,53B,107C 'log':42B,48B,62B,97C,119C 'log-cleanup':41B,96C 'logged-in':47B 'non':51B,105C 'non-admin':50B 'non-administr':104C 'oper':115C 'outsid':60B,116C 'privileg':57B,112C 'protect':10A 'r3':131C 'race':4A,35B,87C 'redirect':55B,110C 'releas':125C 'routin':44B 'sac':19B,94C,124C 'sacsrv':95C 'safenet':1A,21B,38B,91C 'safenet-authentication-cli':20B 'servic':73B 'time':27B,32B,79C,84C 'time-of-check':26B,78C 'time-of-us':31B,83C 'touch':76B 'use':34B,67B,86C 'user':8A,54B,108C 'window':24B","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Only machines running SafeNet Authentication Client releases up to and including 10.9 R3 GA (build 10.9.7449) are affected. The attacker needs a local, non-administrator account on the machine, so exposure is limited to shared or multi-user Windows hosts where the client is installed.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"unknown","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"pkeys":[],"ptokens":[],"labels":["medium","other","sac","safenetauthenticationclient","windows"],"campaign_type":null,"first_public_at":"2026-11-05T18:17:00+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","cvss_by":"psirt@thalesgroup.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-112110","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112110","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-05T18:17:00+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-05T18:17:00+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-05T18:40:09+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-05T18:40:09+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"exploit_sources":[],"notice":"Free to read, with fair use of about 60 pages a minute. 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