CVE-2026-123039

Local privilege escalation to root in the DynamicCLI daemon via local world-writable control socket

Published Nov 12, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.3% KEV · Listed
Description
The Gaia OS DynamicCLI daemon runs as root and listens on a world-writable local socket (/tmp/dynamic_socket) without authenticating connecting processes. An authenticated local user can send a command to the socket and have it executed as root.

Remediation

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History
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Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2026-11-13T00:00:00+00:00', 'dueDate': '2026-11-16T00:00:00+00:00'}

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Description The Gaia OS DynamicCLI daemon runs as root and listens on a world-writable local socket (/tmp/dynamic_socket) without authenticating connecting processes. An authenticated local user can send a command to the socket and have it executed as root.
Title Local privilege escalation to root in the DynamicCLI daemon via local world-writable control socket
Weaknesses CWE-732
CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
checkpoint
Published
Updated
Nov 13, 2026, 4:27 PM
Reserved
Nov 5, 2026, 7:30 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Nov 12, 2026, 2:17 PM
Modified
Nov 13, 2026, 5:17 PM