Lapce v0.2.8 - Privilege escalation via Race Condition
Priority HIGH 67CWE-367Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Race condition in Lapce v0.2.8 allows an attacker to elevate privileges on the system
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00292 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-3891
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hww9-gvfj-fjcw
References
Sources
- CVE-2023-3891 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-3891 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hww9-gvfj-fjcw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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