What is CVE-2026-75038?

CVE-2026-75038 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ilya-Zlobintsev Lact, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-75038?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ilya-Zlobintsev Lact

CVE-2026-75038

UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following vulnerability in ilya-zlobintsev/LACT allows for local denial-of-service. This issue affects LACT: through 0.10.0.

Published 2026-08-25 · last modified 2026-09-28.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (4.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-10.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 5th percentile — 4.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Ilya-Zlobintsev Lact

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-61 — UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)
github.com/ilya-zlobintsev/LACT (product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-75038?: CVE-2026-75038 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ilya-Zlobintsev Lact, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-75038?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.