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TI-2026-35978 Aliases CVE-2026-48693GHSA-f762-5mrw-32x8

FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 is vulnerable to a local symlink attack via…

Priority LOW 24CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 is vulnerable to a local symlink attack via predictable file paths in /tmp. The statistics file path defaults to '/tmp/fastnetmon.dat' (src/fastnetmon.cpp line 159). The print_screen_contents_into_file() function (src/fastnetmon_logic.cpp line 2186) opens this path with std::ios::trunc without checking for symlinks or using O_NOFOLLOW. Additionally, the chmod() call on line 2190 always operates on cli_stats_file_path regardless of which file_path parameter was passed (a bug that applies wrong permissions), and the umask is set to 0 during daemonization (src/fastnetmon.cpp line 1821), making all created files world-writable. A local attacker can exploit this to overwrite arbitrary files as the FastNetMon process user (typically root).

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00127 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*up to 1.2.9Vulnerablepavel-odintsov
  • cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* Versions up to 1.2.9 Vulnerable ·pavel-odintsov

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48693
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f762-5mrw-32x8

References

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • TI-2026-35974 FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains an off-by-one heap-based buffer… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-35971 FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains a stack-based buffer overflow in the… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-35976 FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains an integer overflow in the BGP… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-35972 FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains an OS command injection vulnerability… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-37109 An issue was discovered in FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.7. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-37108 An issue was discovered in FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.7. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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