What is GHSA-ffj6-89cj-pgr8?

GHSA-ffj6-89cj-pgr8 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Buffer over-read in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an authorized attacker to elevate...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-ffj6-89cj-pgr8 cover?

GHSA-ffj6-89cj-pgr8 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-57968. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-ffj6-89cj-pgr8?

GHSA-ffj6-89cj-pgr8 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-ffj6-89cj-pgr8HighCVSS 7.8

Buffer over-read in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an authorized attacker to elevate...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 14, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-57968 →

📋 Description

Buffer over-read in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57968
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57968
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ffj6-89cj-pgr8