Name: CVE-2026-68488: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2026-68488, CWE-367, CVSS 9.9, EPSS 0.00397

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.9
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

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