CVE-2026-49134

CodexBar prior to 0.32.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the CLI installer that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root by exploiting a race condition in temporary file handling. The installer creates a temporary file with mktemp, writes a privileged shell payload into it, and executes it with administrator privileges via bash, allowing a same-user local process to rewrite the installer body before the administrator prompt is approved, causing attacker-controlled commands to run as root.

CVSS v3 7.1 HIGH

7.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/steipete/CodexBar/commit/dbc944d46cd4cf7877d1ca47c44556fe573b46e8
https://github.com/steipete/CodexBar/pull/1222
https://github.com/steipete/CodexBar/releases/tag/v0.32.0
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/codexbar-privilege-escalation-via-cli-installer-temp-file
https://github.com/steipete/CodexBar/pull/1222

Configurations

No configuration.

History

02 Jun 2026, 14:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://github.com/steipete/CodexBar/pull/1222 -~~	() https://github.com/steipete/CodexBar/pull/1222 -

01 Jun 2026, 21:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-01 21:16

Updated : 2026-07-14 22:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-49134

Mitre link : CVE-2026-49134

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-49134

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-377

Insecure Temporary File

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