Oracle Solaris 11.4 Fileystem improper authorization

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Oracle Solaris 11.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Fileystem. Performing a manipulation results in improper authorization. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-46914. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle Solaris 11.4. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the component Fileystem. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Filesystem). The supported version that is affected is 11.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Solaris accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Solaris. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.1 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H).

It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-46914 since 05/18/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/17/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Operating System

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• Oracle

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• Solaris

Version

• 11.4

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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