EIP-2026-102934

PRE-CVE

Ninja Privilege Escalation Detection and Prevention System 0.1.3 - Race Condition Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-102934. PoCs published by Ben Sheppard.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a race condition in the Ninja privilege escalation detection system (version 0.1.3) by using a pseudo-terminal (pty) to execute 'su' and provide a password faster than the system can detect the privilege escalation. It then kills the Ninja process, allowing arbitrary command execution as root.

Description

Ninja Privilege Escalation Detection and Prevention System 0.1.3 - Race Condition Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Ben Sheppard · pythonlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36855

This exploit leverages a race condition in the Ninja privilege escalation detection system (version 0.1.3) by using a pseudo-terminal (pty) to execute 'su' and provide a password faster than the system can detect the privilege escalation. It then kills the Ninja process, allowing arbitrary command execution as root.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Racy
Target: Ninja privilege escalation detection and prevention system 0.1.3
Auth required
Prerequisites: Valid root password · Ninja process running on the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026