CVE-2026-52791Disclosure

LOWCVSS 2.0 · LOW

Signal is active with 3 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

fuse-overlayfs is an implementation of overlayfs in FUSE for rootless containers. Prior to 1.17, the release-1.x C branch preserves SUID and SGID mode bits in main.c during open(O_TRUNC) and truncate handling on a copied-up file, allowing a low-privileged process to leave the upper-layer file with mode 4777. This issue is fixed in version 1.17.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-266

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • 3 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 3 signals
  • Disclosure: 2 classified signals
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 3 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline3 mentions / 1d
01223Mentions · 2026-07-29: 3Technical Details · 2026-07-29: 307-29
Signal classification2 categories
Disclosure
266.7%
General
133.3%
Referenced assets3 URLs
Full discourse3 posts
  • Infoflowcloud@infoflowcloud
    Disclosure

    🚨*CVE* CVE-2026-52791 fuse-overlayfs is an implementation of overlayfs in FUSE for rootless containers. Prior to 1.17, the release-1.x C branch preserves SUID and SGID mode bits in main.c … https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52791 ----- Traducción: CVE-2026-52791 fus… http://infoflow.cloud`

    Post summary

    The post announces CVE‑2026‑52791, identifies a SUID/SGID mode‑bit preservation issue in fuse-overlayfs, and directs readers to the official CVE record.

    0000042
    96 followersView on X
  • CVE@CVEnew
    General

    CVE-2026-52791 fuse-overlayfs is an implementation of overlayfs in FUSE for rootless containers. Prior to 1.17, the release-1.x C branch preserves SUID and SGID mode bits in main.c … https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52791

    Post summary

    CVE-2026-52791 impacts fuse-overlayfs by allowing preservation of SUID/SGID mode bits prior to version 1.17. No patch, exploit, or active exploitation details are provided.

    00000744
    57.9K followersView on X
  • Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-52791 Privilege Escalation via SUID Bit Preservation in fuse-overlayfs Before 1.17 https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-52791

    Post summary

    CVE-2026-52791 is disclosed as a privilege escalation flaw in fuse-overlayfs prior to 1.17 due to SUID bit preservation; no PoC, exploit, active use, patch, or debunking information is provided.

    0000097
    4.1K followersView on X

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