scottchiefbaker Dool up to 1.3.8 link following

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in scottchiefbaker Dool up to 1.3.8. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in link following. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-56651. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in scottchiefbaker Dool up to 1.3.8. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Dool in versions up to 1.3.8 is vulnerable to symlink following when the "--devel" flag is used, as the application opens a log file without the "O_NOFOLLOW" flag. A local attacker can exploit this by creating a symlink at the expected log file path pointing to a sensitive file, causing dool to truncate and overwrite the target file with log data, which is especially impactful if dool is run with elevated privileges. The issue was addressed by pull request #116

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-56651 since 06/22/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Applying the patch #116 is able to eliminate this problem.

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• scottchiefbaker

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• Dool

Version

• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.5
• 1.3.6
• 1.3.7
• 1.3.8

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• Product: https://github.com/scottchiefbaker/dool/

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