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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-49134 EUVD-2026-33750GHSA-gg57-wg6f-c8vg

CodexBar < 0.32.0 Privilege Escalation via CLI Installer Temp File

Published Jun 1, 2026 · Updated Nov 8, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
steipete CodexBar < 0.32.0 0.32.0

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