CVE-2026-123962 · Runtime
NO FIX YET · SEE WHAT TO DO
In FreedomBox before 26.15, an unprivileged user account can make its authorized_keys file a symlink to another file. This lets that account read and write files it has no permission to access.
first public Nov 6, 2026 · 1 source
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FreedomBox installations before 26.15 where unprivileged user accounts exist. The sources do not say whether the flaw needs any non-default setting. Systems running only a single trusted administrator account are less exposed.
Not affected if freedombox-26.15-or-later
Who cares debian, freedombox, self-hosted
dpkg -l freedombox.authorized_keys location in user home directories, for example with find /home -name authorized_keys -type l.26.15 or later.In FreedomBox before 26.15, unprivileged user accounts can read/write files for which they lack permissions by setting the authorized_keys file to be a symlink. NOTE: FreedomBox is a Debian Pure Blend, which means that it distributes its software through Debian repositories.
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