CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-40031

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

MemProcFS before 5.17 has multiple unsafe library-loading patterns enabling DLL and shared-library hijacking across six attack surfaces. An attacker can place a malicious library in the working directory or manipulate LD_LIBRARY_PATH to achieve arbitrary code execution.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could achieve remote code execution in the context of the MemProcFS process, potentially leading to privilege escalation and system compromise.

Recommendation

Update MemProcFS to version 5.17 or later. Avoid running MemProcFS from untrusted working directories.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

MemProcFS before 5.17 contains multiple unsafe library-loading patterns that enable DLL and shared-library hijacking across six attack surfaces, including bare-name LoadLibraryU and dlopen calls without path qualification for vmmpyc, libMSCompression, and plugin DLLs. An attacker who places a malicious DLL or shared library in the working directory or manipulates LD_LIBRARY_PATH can achieve arbitrary code execution when MemProcFS loads.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS