Bug 2507998 - CVE-2026-66140 exim: Exim: Privilege escalation via directory traversal due to mishandled queue-name arguments [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-66140 exim: Exim: Privilege escalation via directory traversal due t...
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: exim
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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high
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Assignee: Jaroslav Škarvada
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["42ebdbb4-393f-471d-bcbb-1...
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Blocks: CVE-2026-66140
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Reported: 2026-07-28 13:58 UTC by Samuele Negrini
Modified: 2026-08-04 13:35 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2026-08-04 13:35:03 UTC
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Description Samuele Negrini 2026-07-28 13:58:59 UTC
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Exim before 4.99.5 allows directory traversal to access files outside of the spool area, and consequently gain privileges, because arguments related to queue-name are mishandled.

Comment 1 Jaroslav Škarvada 2026-08-04 13:35:03 UTC
exim-4.99.5 is stable in fedora 43, 44, 45, rawhide.


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