EIP-2026-102802

PRE-CVE

ChiTeX 6.1.2 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-102802. PoCs published by zillion.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a PATH environment variable manipulation vulnerability in ChiTex's setuid binaries to execute arbitrary commands as root. By creating a malicious 'cat' executable in /tmp and prepending /tmp to PATH, the attacker tricks the setuid binaries into executing their code with elevated privileges.

Description

ChiTeX 6.1.2 - Local Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by zillion · bashlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22452

This exploit leverages a PATH environment variable manipulation vulnerability in ChiTex's setuid binaries to execute arbitrary commands as root. By creating a malicious 'cat' executable in /tmp and prepending /tmp to PATH, the attacker tricks the setuid binaries into executing their code with elevated privileges.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: ChiTex (version unspecified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the vulnerable system · ChiTex installed with vulnerable setuid binaries
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026