Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-58086

Freebsd 15.0 … 15.1

Published
19 August 2026
Modified
31 August 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 8.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0026 18th percentile
Risk Priority 58 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2026-58086 is a high-severity Improper Check for Dropped Privileges (CWE-273) vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Access Token Manipulation (T1134); ranked at the 18th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-6 (Least Privilege) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

As an inadvertent side effect of an unrelated code change, PRIV_KTRACE was always denied to a jailed root user. Tracing configured by a jailed root user was therefore not flagged as privileged. An unprivileged user in a jail that has…

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permission to debug the target process can modify the jailed root user's ktrace(2) flags, or disable tracing outright. A jailed root user therefore cannot reliably trace unprivileged processes.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1134 Access Token Manipulation Stealth
Adversaries may modify access tokens to operate under a different user or system security context to perform actions and bypass access controls.
T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may circumvent mechanisms designed to control privilege elevation to gain higher-level permissions.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

freebsd
freebsd
15.0, 15.1

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Employing least privilege requires that privilege-dropping operations succeed and are verified before continuing.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 partial match
prevents

Least-privilege policy and enforcement directly motivate privilege-dropping code, yet the control does not address implementation-level verification of the drop.

PR.PS-06 partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC activities (code review, static analysis, testing) catch missing or incorrect privilege-drop checks, but eliminating only this one flaw covers only a fraction of the control's broader intent.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

degrades

Control of privileged utility programs includes ensuring privilege-dropping operations are verified before use.

degrades

Privileged access rights policy requires verification that privilege changes succeed, directly addressing failed privilege drops.

prevents

Secure coding practices can prevent missing privilege-drop checks, but the control itself does not mandate verification of privilege changes.

finds

Security testing can detect failed privilege drops, yet the control does not require such checks as part of its core intent.

References