CVE-2026-48693

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-26. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 is vulnerable to a local symlink attack via predictable file paths in /tmp. The statistics file path defaults to '/tmp/fastnetmon.dat' (src/fastnetmon.cpp line 159). The print_screen_contents_into_file() function (src/fastnetmon_logic.cpp line 2186) opens this path with std::ios::trunc without checking for symlinks or using O_NOFOLLOW. Additionally, the chmod() call on line 2190 always operates on cli_stats_file_path regardless of which file_path parameter was passed (a bug that applies wrong permissions), and the umask is set to 0 during daemonization (src/fastnetmon.cpp line 1821), making all created files world-writable. A local attacker can exploit this to overwrite arbitrary files as the FastNetMon process user (typically root).

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
25(Track)
EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 26, 2026

Last Modified

July 24, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jun 15, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

CVE-2026-48693: FastNetMon Truncates Whatever /tmp/fastnetmon.dat Points At | Lorikeet Security

https://lorikeetsecurity.com/blog/fastnetmon-cve-2026-48693-symlink-tmp
generic

fastnetmon/src/fastnetmon_logic.cpp at master · pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon · GitHub

https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon/blob/master/src/fastnetmon_logic.cpp
generic

fastnetmon/src/fastnetmon.cpp at master · pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon · GitHub

https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon/blob/master/src/fastnetmon.cpp
generic

GitHub - pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon: Very fast DDoS sensor with sFlow/Netflow/IPFIX/SPAN support · GitHub

https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-48693(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
fastnetmon1.2.4-2 ... 1.2.9-1 (14 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
fastnetmon1.2.8+git20250911-1, 1.2.8+git20250911-2, 1.2.8-1, 1.2.9-0+deb13u1, 1.2.9-1——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
fastnetmon1.2.8+git20250911-1, 1.2.8+git20250911-2, 1.2.8-1, 1.2.9-1——

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-48693?
CVE-2026-48693 is a medium vulnerability published on May 26, 2026. FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 is vulnerable to a local symlink attack via predictable file paths in /tmp. The statistics file path defaults to '/tmp/fastnetmon.dat' (src/fastnetmon.cpp line 159). The printscreencontentsintofile() function (src/fastnetmonlogic.cpp line 2186) opens this…
When was CVE-2026-48693 disclosed?
CVE-2026-48693 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 26, 2026, with the most recent update on July 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-48693 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-48693 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 97.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-48693?
CVE-2026-48693 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-48693?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-48693, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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