CVE-2026-68488

CVSS 9.9 (critical) · published 2026-09-10

A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition leading to insecure symlink following in Plesk causes local privilege escalation to root via arbitrary file/directory ownership takeover.

Weakness: CWE-367

Source: NVD CVE-2026-68488

References

• https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/43248932867351-Vulnerability-in-Plesk-s-Backup-Manager-symlink-race-during-restore-allows-root-privilege-escalation

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