CVE-2026-68488

CRITICAL NVD

CVSS Score 9.9

Severity CRITICAL

Published Sep 10, 2026

Vendor unknown

Description

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-Manager-symlink-race-during-restore-allows-root-privilege-escalation