# CVE-2026-85092

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-85092
- **Severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS Score:** 6.6 (CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N)
- **CWE:** CWE-59
- **Published:** Sep 3, 2026
- **Last Modified:** Sep 3, 2026

## Description

LiME through 1.12.0 fails to validate the disk acquisition output path and does not use O_NOFOLLOW when opening the operator-supplied path parameter, allowing unprivileged local users to overwrite arbitrary root-owned files. An attacker who controls the output directory can create a symbolic link with the expected filename pointing to any root-owned file, and when the acquisition runs in kernel context, LiME follows the link and truncates the target file with the memory acquisition stream.

## Affected Products

- jtsylve — LiME (0)

## References

- [CNA](https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/5355949144749b431da41490b63598f5)
- [CNA](https://github.com/jtsylve/LiME/blob/v1.12.0/src/disk.c#L63)
- [CNA](https://github.com/jtsylve/LiME)
- [CNA](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/lime-through-1.12.0-arbitrary-file-overwrite-via-symlink-following)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.15%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 4.7

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._