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CVE-2026-45250

38
FAUCET Score

The setcred(2) system call is only available to privileged users. However, before the privilege level of the caller is checked, the user-supplied list of supplementary groups is copied into a fixed-size kernel stack buffer without first validating its length. If the supplied list exceeds the capacity of that buffer, a stack buffer overflow occurs. Because the bounds check on the supplementary groups list occurs after the kernel stack buffer has already been written, an unprivileged local user may trigger the overflow without holding any special privilege. Successful exploitation may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel, allowing an unprivileged local user to gain elevated privileges on the affected system.

First published: May 21, 2026Last modified: May 21, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
14.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.3:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.3:p10:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.3:p11:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.3:p12:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2026/05/21/18
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2026/05/21/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2026/05/22/5
security.freebsd.org / advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:18.setcred.asc
Vendor Advisory