Dool in versions up to 1.3.8 is vulnerable to symlink following when the "--devel" flag is used, as the application opens a log file without the "O_NOFOLLOW" flag. A local attacker can exploit this by creating a symlink at the expected log file path pointing to a sensitive file, causing dool to truncate and overwrite the target file with log data, which is especially impactful if dool is run with elevated privileges.
The issue was addressed by pull request #116
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Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000
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| Description | Dool in versions up to 1.3.8 is vulnerable to symlink following when the "--devel" flag is used, as the application opens a log file without the "O_NOFOLLOW" flag. A local attacker can exploit this by creating a symlink at the expected log file path pointing to a sensitive file, causing dool to truncate and overwrite the target file with log data, which is especially impactful if dool is run with elevated privileges. The issue was addressed by pull request #116 | |
| Title | Arbitrary File Overwrite via Symlink Following in dool project | |
| First Time appeared |
Scottchiefbaker
Scottchiefbaker dool |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-59 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:scottchiefbaker:dool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Scottchiefbaker
Scottchiefbaker dool |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CERT-PL
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-27T19:40:02.678Z
Reserved: 2026-06-22T15:34:38.575Z
Link: CVE-2026-56651
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-08-27T17:18:51.817
Modified: 2026-08-28T15:26:19.533
Link: CVE-2026-56651
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-28T16:14:49Z