Logo
componentlibcap
Name
libcap
Version
2.73
Type
library
Description
-
Licenses
GPL-2.0 or BSD-3-Clause
PURL
-
CPE
cpe:2.3:a:libcap_project:libcap:2.73:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Other Versions#


Project
Branch
Version
master
2.78

Patches#


#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
Address a potential TOCTOU race condition in cap_set_file().
"Andrew G. Morgan" <morgan@kernel.org>
CVE-2026-4878

Vulnerabilities#


Name
Analysis
Description
Patched
A flaw was found in libcap. A local unprivileged user can exploit a Time-of-check-to-time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in the `cap_set_file()` function. This allows an attacker with write access to a parent directory to redirect file capability updates to an attacker-controlled file. By doing so, capabilities can be injected into or stripped from unintended executables, leading to privilege escalation.