CVE-2026-55567

BleachBit cleans files to free disk space and to maintain privacy. Prior to 6.0.1, privileged Windows cleaning does not lock and validate a target's parent directory before deletion. A local unprivileged user can replace that directory with a Windows junction and use a native symlink to redirect the elevated deletion to an attacker-selected file. The arbitrary privileged file deletion can be combined with Windows Installer behavior to obtain local SYSTEM privileges. This issue is fixed in version 6.0.1.
Configurations

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History

21 Sep 2026, 16:17

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References () https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/security/advisories/GHSA-vcjw-px28-5w94 - () https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/security/advisories/GHSA-vcjw-px28-5w94 -

21 Sep 2026, 15:17

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-09-21 15:17

Updated : 2026-09-24 21:16


NVD link : CVE-2026-55567

Mitre link : CVE-2026-55567

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-55567


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Products Affected

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CWE
CWE-367

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition