CVE-2026-92864Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for AIX UNIX symbolic link following
CVE-2026-92864 is a UNIX symbolic link following in Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for AIX, rated high (7.3 on CVSS 3.1).
Why this priority: High severity, with no exploitation signal yet.
Published · Updated · NVD status: Deferred
What it is
The software follows a symbolic link an attacker created and touches a file it never meant to.
How it is reached
An attacker can exploit it by someone who can already run code or sign in on the machine, with an ordinary user account, but someone has to act first, such as opening a file or following a link.
What an attacker gains
A successful attack can read the data it protects, change data or behaviour and take it offline. In practice, this kind of flaw lets an attacker read or write files outside the folders the service meant to expose.
Is it being exploited?
There is no public report of exploitation yet.
What to do
- Apply the update for your edition of Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for AIX. Fixed builds: Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for AIX: 9.0.4-01; Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager EX for AIX: 9.0.4-01.
- Limit who can run code or sign in on the hosts that run it.
- Warn the people who use it, and filter files and links on the way in.
Description from NVD
Insecure Temporary File Vulnerability in Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for AIX (for markets outside Japan) and Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager EX for AIX (for the Japanese market).
This issue affects Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for AIX: from 7.4.1-00 before 9.0.4-01; Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager EX for AIX: from 7.4.1-00 before 9.0.4-01.
What this means for your architecture.
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Components it touches
- File storage the service can read or write. The flaw sits between the application and the file system it can reach.
Trust boundaries in play
- Host boundary. The attacker needs a foothold on the machine first; the flaw turns a small foothold into a bigger one.
- People who open files and links. Mail, chat and browsers are the delivery path.
- Between the application and the file system it can reach. An attacker who crosses it can read or write files outside the folders the service meant to expose.
Questions to answer about your own systems
- Where does Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for AIX run in your systems, and at which version?
- Which of those hosts also run code or users you do not fully trust?
- What can it reach once compromised: which data stores, secrets and services?
Sources
- CVE records and CVSS scores from the NVD CVE API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Exploitation status from CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
- Exploit likelihood from FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), refreshed daily.
- Explanations are written by Veriom from fixed templates over each record’s data, not by a person reviewing each CVE. Descriptions are quoted from the records as published.