CVE-2026-97401: Privilege Escalation

Description

In Kura versions <= 5.6.2, `CommandCloudApp.execute()` extracts a caller-supplied ZIP archive into a caller-supplied directory inside the Kura JVM process before dispatching the command to the executor service. On a packaged Kura installation the JVM runs as `kurad` with `CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE`, while the configurable "Unprivileged" executor drops to the `kura` user via `su`. A caller with permissions `rest.command` who is intentionally restricted to unprivileged command execution (`privileged.command.service.enable=false`, the default) can therefore set `workingDirectory` to `/` and use the ZIP body to write or overwrite arbitrary files on the device as `kurad`, completely bypassing the unprivileged sandbox the operator selected. The command service is disabled by default since Kura 4.0.0 [1]. The issue does not apply when the command service is disabled. [1] https://github.com/eclipse-kura/kura/blob/f9f969231892769a269876b23f19fa0e8173e3df/kura/distrib/RELEASE_NOTES.txt#L94

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EPSS — Exploit Prediction

0.0060

Probability of exploitation

0.49%

Percentile rank

EPSS estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. A higher score means more likely to be exploited.

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-73 CWE-73

CWE-269 CWE-269

References

Other References

https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/work_items/323 https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/work_items/922

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-97401? +

In Kura versions <= 5.6.2, `CommandCloudApp.execute()` extracts a caller-supplied ZIP archive into a caller-supplied directory inside the Kura JVM process before dispatching the command to the executor service. On a packaged Kura installation the JVM runs as `kurad` with `CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE`, while the configurable "Unprivileged" executor drops to the `kura` user via `su`. A caller with permissions `rest.command` who is intentionally restricted to unprivileged command execution (`privileged.command.service.enable=false`, the default) can therefore set `workingDirectory` to `/` and use the ZIP body to write or overwrite arbitrary files on the device as `kurad`, completely bypassing the unprivileged sandbox the operator selected. The command service is disabled by default since Kura 4.0.0 [1]. The issue does not apply when the command service is disabled. [1] https://github.com/eclipse-kura/kura/blob/f9f969231892769a269876b23f19fa0e8173e3df/kura/distrib/RELEASE_NOTES.txt#L94

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