Bug 2518108 (CVE-2026-54552) - CVE-2026-54552 sh: sh: Incomplete privilege drop allows child processes to retain privileged group access.
Summary: CVE-2026-54552 sh: sh: Incomplete privilege drop allows child processes to re...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-54552
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-18 17:54 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-16 10:03 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-18 17:54:06 UTC
sh provides Python process launching. Prior to 2.2.4, the _uid option in sh.py performs an incomplete privilege drop on Linux and Unix-like systems. When sh runs from an elevated process and launches a command with _uid set to an unprivileged user, the child changes its UID but can retain the parent process's supplementary groups because the privilege-drop sequence does not fully establish the target user's UID, primary GID, and supplementary groups. The child can therefore retain access to files or resources granted to privileged groups such as root, docker, disk, shadow, or sudo, violating the expected _uid privilege boundary. This issue is fixed in version 2.2.4.


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