CVE-2026-55567 (GCVE-0-2026-55567)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-21 14:23 – Updated: 2026-09-21 15:16
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
BleachBit: Exploit File Delete to Escalate Privilege
Summary
BleachBit cleans files to free disk space and to maintain privacy. Prior to 6.0.1, privileged Windows cleaning does not lock and validate a target's parent directory before deletion. A local unprivileged user can replace that directory with a Windows junction and use a native symlink to redirect the elevated deletion to an attacker-selected file. The arbitrary privileged file deletion can be combined with Windows Installer behavior to obtain local SYSTEM privileges. This issue is fixed in version 6.0.1.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-21 15:13 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/security/a… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/pull/1774 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/commit/ee1… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/releases/t… | x_refsource_MISC |
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