EIP-2026-102771

PRE-CVE

AddressSanitizer (ASan) - SUID Executable Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

Title source: legacy

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-102771. PoCs published by Metasploit.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Metasploit module exploits a privilege escalation vulnerability in SUID executables compiled with AddressSanitizer (ASan) by manipulating the ASAN_OPTIONS environment variable to overwrite /etc/ld.so.preload and execute arbitrary code as root.

Description

AddressSanitizer (ASan) - SUID Executable Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Metasploit · rubylocallinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46241

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This Metasploit module exploits a privilege escalation vulnerability in SUID executables compiled with AddressSanitizer (ASan) by manipulating the ASAN_OPTIONS environment variable to overwrite /etc/ld.so.preload and execute arbitrary code as root.

Classification

Working Poc 95%

Attack Type

Lpe

Complexity

Moderate

Reliability

Reliable

Target: Linux systems with SUID executables compiled with AddressSanitizer (ASan)

No auth needed

Prerequisites: SUID executable compiled with ASan · gcc installed · writable directory

MITRE ATT&CK

T1548.001 - Setuid and Setgid T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026