Excess privileges in pardus-usb-formatter let users format disks
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-250.
Summary
TÜBİTAK BİLGEM pardus-usb-formatter from 0.7.0 before 0.7.2 runs with unnecessary privileges (CWE-250). Improper device validation lets the privileged tool format disks. A local user with low privileges can exploit this when another user interacts with the tool, with high impact to integrity and availability.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
Description from the CNA
Execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute pardus-usb-formatter allows Privilege Abuse. This issue affects pardus-usb-formatter: from 0.7.0 before 0.7.2.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute | pardus-usb-formatter | 0.7.0 to before 0.7.2 | 0.7.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- pardus-usb-formatter VendorTÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute Affected 0.7.0 to before 0.7.2 Fixed in 0.7.2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update pardus-usb-formatter to version 0.7.2, which is the fixed version.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
- Fix · CNA pardus-usb-formatter (TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute) Fixed in 0.7.2
Timeline
- 2026-11-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-95652
- 2026-11-05 Alias added: GHSA-2w45-vhrc-j6gv
- 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-05 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
More TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-53129 Use of Hard-coded LDAP Credentials in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM's Liderahenk CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-15720 Blind LDAP Injection in Sign-In Endpoint in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM's Liderahenk CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-15985 OS Command Injection in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM's Pardus Boot Repair CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-83798 Privilege escalation in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM eta-register CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-55130 Improper Access Control Leading to Display Exposure in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM's Pardus LightDM Greeter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-15399 Arbitrary Block Device Write via Missing Validation in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM's pardus-image-writer CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-95652 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-95652 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2w45-vhrc-j6gv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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