CVE-2022-42917
MEDIUM NVDCVSS Score
6.7
Severity
MEDIUM
Source
NVD
Published
Sep 14, 2026
Description
In FRRouting FRR before 8.5, the service user (usually frr) can escalate its privileges to root by monitoring the configuration directory (/etc/frr) and replacing config files upon creation with, for example, symlinks to change the ownership of arbitrary files. This is a TOCTOU Race Condition caused by a combination of touch and chown.