GHSA-9hh6-p5c5-mmmf

GHSA-9hh6-p5c5-mmmf PUBLISHED CVSS 5.300000190734863 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022

An issue was discovered in GNOME GLib before 2.66.8. When g_file_replace() is used with G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION to replace a path that is a dangling symlink, it incorrectly also creates the target of the symlink as an empty file, which could conceivably have security relevance if the symlink is attacker-controlled. (If the path is a symlink to a file that already exists, then the contents of that file correctly remain unchanged.)

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

5.300000190734863

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Timeline

May 24, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory

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