CVE-2026-41861

Arbitrary Root File Write via Path Traversal in BOSH agent

Published Aug 6, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.2 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Path Traversal in BOSH-Ecosystem / BOSH allows an IaaS-metadata attacker to make the agent write a root-owned file with partially attacker-controlled body to any path ending in .network, and create any missing parent directories with mode 0777 via network Alias on Ubuntu.



Affected versions: BOSH agent < v2.847.0 (jammy <= v1.1202, or noble <= v1.364). Lower bound unspecified in advisory ("All bosh agent versions").

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cloud Foundry
Cloud Foundry bosh
Vendors & Products Cloud Foundry
Cloud Foundry bosh
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Path Traversal in BOSH-Ecosystem / BOSH allows an IaaS-metadata attacker to make the agent write a root-owned file with partially attacker-controlled body to any path ending in .network, and create any missing parent directories with mode 0777 via network Alias on Ubuntu. Affected versions: BOSH agent < v2.847.0 (jammy <= v1.1202, or noble <= v1.364). Lower bound unspecified in advisory ("All bosh agent versions").
Title Arbitrary Root File Write via Path Traversal in BOSH agent
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
vmware
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2026, 1:09 AM
Reserved
Apr 22, 2026, 6:22 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Aug 6, 2026, 10:17 PM
Modified
Oct 23, 2026, 10:10 PM