{"id":"CVE-2026-68488","title":"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.","summary":"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.","severity":"critical","cvss":9.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-367"],"vendor":"WebPros","product":"Plesk","affected":["Plesk <= 18.0.80.6","Plesk <= 18.0.79.10"],"published":"2026-09-10","updated":"2026-09-10","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-10T19:54:25.810","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68488","references":[{"url":"https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/43248932867351-Vulnerability-in-Plesk-s-Backup-Manager-symlink-race-during-restore-allows-root-privilege-escalation","label":"support@hackerone.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-10T18:18:44.361511Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-12T20:02:50.482Z","epss":0.00228,"epssPercentile":0.13801,"slug":"CVE-2026-68488","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":54.5,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}