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CVE-2026-72696
Published:August 25, 2026
Updated:September 24, 2026
Grav CMS before 2.0.16 contains a symlink following vulnerability in Scheduler Job::createLockFile() that allows local attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by pre-creating symlinks at predictable lock file paths in the world-writable temp directory. Attackers can place a symlink at the predictable lock path pointing to any file the web server process can write to, and the next scheduled job run will follow the symlink and overwrite the target file's content with the job ID string.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/getgrav/grav.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0 <2.0.16
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.0.16
getgrav/grav (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=0.8.0 <2.0.16
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.0.16
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.6
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.14