CRITICAL 9.9 NVD

CVE-2026-68488

A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition leading to insecure symlink following in Plesk causes local privilege escalation to root via arbitrary file/

A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition leading to insecure symlink following in Plesk causes local privilege escalation to root via arbitrary file/directory ownership takeover.

References

https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/43248932867351-Vulnerability-in-Plesk-s-Backup

Published: 2026-09-10 · Source: NVD · Feed updated: 2026-09-11

This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.9 was published on 2026-09-10 via NVD.

Risk Timeline

CVE Disclosed2026-09-10 · 0 days ago

Remediation Resources

Official Advisory

support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/43248932867351-Vulnerability-in-Pl

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