cve-2026-31431-copy-fail
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 14, 2026
Risk Level: HIGHEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSCOMMAND_EXECUTIONPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION
Full Analysis
- [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The skill is explicitly designed to demonstrate and facilitate local privilege escalation via CVE-2026-31431. The provided Python code targets the Linux kernel's page cache for
/etc/passwd, allowing an unprivileged user to change their UID to 0 in memory to impersonate the root user. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The
exploit_cve_2026_31431.pyscript contains logic to executeos.execvp('su', ['su', username]). This is used to spawn a root shell once the memory corruption attack has successfully tricked the system into identifying the current user as UID 0. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The installation instructions direct users to clone a repository from
github.com/rootsecdev/cve_2026_31431.git. This is an external, unverified source not associated with the skill's stated author or trusted organizations. - [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: By instructing the agent to download and run scripts from an external, untrusted GitHub repository (
rootsecdev), the skill introduces a risk of remote code execution where the downloaded scripts could perform arbitrary malicious actions on the host system.
Recommendations
- AI detected serious security threats
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