# CVE-2026-112210: Rhc: rhc: local privilege escalation via symlink following in rhc-canonical-facts.service

- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-19 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- rhc: version range not reported
- rhc: version range not reported
- rhc: version range not reported
- rhc: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in the rhc-canonical-facts.service systemd unit shipped with rhc. The service runs as root and operates on a file inside a directory owned by an unprivileged system user without verifying that the file is not a symbolic link. A local attacker who has already compromised the privileged yggdrasil system service account can exploit this to gain ownership of arbitrary files, leading to privilege escalation to root.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rhc, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-112210
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555474
- https://github.com/RedHatInsights/rhc/blob/51928db/data/systemd/rhc-canonical-facts.service

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