Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-102915. PoCs published by Wolfgang Hotwagner.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a race condition in logrotate (versions up to 3.15.1) to escalate privileges by hijacking file creation operations. The PoC uses inotify to monitor log file renames and replaces them with a malicious payload, enabling arbitrary file writes as root.
Description
logrotten 3.15.1 - Privilege Escalation
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
by Wolfgang Hotwagner · clocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47466
This exploit leverages a race condition in logrotate (versions up to 3.15.1) to escalate privileges by hijacking file creation operations. The PoC uses inotify to monitor log file renames and replaces them with a malicious payload, enabling arbitrary file writes as root.
Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Racy
Target:
logrotate <= 3.15.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites:
logrotate executed as root · attacker control over log file path · logrotate config with file creation options (create, compress, etc.)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026
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Details
Status
pre_cve
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026