What is GHSA-2w6f-cwvw-5j95?

GHSA-2w6f-cwvw-5j95 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Linux Kernel allows an authorized attacker...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-2w6f-cwvw-5j95 cover?

GHSA-2w6f-cwvw-5j95 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-62840. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-2w6f-cwvw-5j95?

GHSA-2w6f-cwvw-5j95 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-2w6f-cwvw-5j95HighCVSS 7.0

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Linux Kernel allows an authorized attacker...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 13, 2026

Last Modified

October 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-62840 →

📋 Description

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Linux Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62840
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62840
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2w6f-cwvw-5j95