EIP-2026-102800

PRE-CVE

CentOS 7.6 - 'ptrace_scope' Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-102800. PoCs published by s4vitar.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a misconfigured 'ptrace_scope' setting (set to 0) to perform local privilege escalation by injecting a GDB command to copy a SUID binary, granting root access. It targets systems where GDB is installed and ptrace restrictions are disabled.

Description

CentOS 7.6 - 'ptrace_scope' Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by s4vitar · bashlocallinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46989

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This exploit leverages a misconfigured 'ptrace_scope' setting (set to 0) to perform local privilege escalation by injecting a GDB command to copy a SUID binary, granting root access. It targets systems where GDB is installed and ptrace restrictions are disabled.

Classification

Working Poc 95%

Attack Type

Lpe

Complexity

Moderate

Reliability

Reliable

Target: Linux distributions with ptrace_scope=0 (e.g., Parrot OS, CentOS, Kali Linux)

Auth required

Prerequisites: ptrace_scope set to 0 · GDB installed · local user access

MITRE ATT&CK

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

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

Details

Status pre_cve

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026