In FRRouting FRR before 8.5, the service user (usually frr) can escalate its privileges to root by monitoring the configuration directory (/etc/frr) and replacing config files upon creation with, for example, symlinks to change the ownership of arbitrary files. This is a TOCTOU Race Condition caused by a combination of touch and chown.

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Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title frr: FRRouting FRR: Privilege escalation via TOCTOU race condition
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threat_severity

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Sun, 13 Sep 2026 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Frrouting
Frrouting frrouting
Weaknesses CWE-367
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:frrouting:frrouting:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Frrouting
Frrouting frrouting
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Sun, 13 Sep 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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Description In FRRouting FRR before 8.5, the service user (usually frr) can escalate its privileges to root by monitoring the configuration directory (/etc/frr) and replacing config files upon creation with, for example, symlinks to change the ownership of arbitrary files. This is a TOCTOU Race Condition caused by a combination of touch and chown.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-14T18:15:19.986Z

Reserved: 2022-10-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42917

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-14T00:16:55.700

Modified: 2026-09-14T19:17:07.717

Link: CVE-2022-42917

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-09-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-42917 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-09-14T14:00:05Z

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