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TI-2026-36349 Aliases CVE-2026-49134GHSA-gg57-wg6f-c8vg

CodexBar < 0.32.0 Privilege Escalation via CLI Installer Temp File

Priority HIGH 68CWE-377Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

CodexBar prior to 0.32.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the CLI installer that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root by exploiting a race condition in temporary file handling. The installer creates a temporary file with mktemp, writes a privileged shell payload into it, and executes it with administrator privileges via bash, allowing a same-user local process to rewrite the installer body before the administrator prompt is approved, causing attacker-controlled commands to run as root.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0027 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed CodexBar (steipete): 0.32.0

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
steipeteCodexBarbefore 0.32.00.32.0Patch availableCNA
  • CodexBar Vendorsteipete Affected before 0.32.0 Fixed in 0.32.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA CodexBar (steipete) Fixed in 0.32.0

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    steipete CodexBar 0.32.0

    3 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 2 HIGH, 1 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-36350 CodexBar < 0.32.0 Insecure Temporary File Handling in Notarization WorkflowPriority HIGH 67
    • TI-2026-31730 CodexBar < 0.32.0 Session Cookie Exposure via HTTP RedirectPriority LOW 35
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-49134
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gg57-wg6f-c8vg

References

Patch 2

Other 1

  • TI-2026-36350 CodexBar < 0.32.0 Insecure Temporary File Handling in Notarization Workflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2026-33049 Summarize < 0.15.1 Path Traversal via slidesDir Parameter CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2026-33037 Summarize Insecure Daemon Configuration File Permissions CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2026-33052 Summarize < 0.15.1 Unauthorized Daemon Request via Untrusted Events CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.6
  • TI-2026-31730 CodexBar < 0.32.0 Session Cookie Exposure via HTTP Redirect CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2026-33053 Summarize < 0.15.1 Insecure File Permissions Information Disclosure CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8
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Sources

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