CVE-2026-95652TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute pardus-usb-formatter unnecessary privileges
CVE-2026-95652 is a unnecessary privileges in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute pardus-usb-formatter, rated medium (6.6 on CVSS 3.1).
Why this priority: Medium severity, with no exploitation signal.
Published · Updated · NVD status: Deferred
What it is
The software runs with more privileges than it needs, so any flaw in it is worse.
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 change data or behaviour and take it offline. In practice, this kind of flaw lets an attacker reach data or actions their role should not allow.
Is it being exploited?
There is no public report of exploitation yet. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of scored CVEs.
What to do
- Upgrade TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute pardus-usb-formatter to 0.7.2 or later.
- 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
Execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute pardus-usb-formatter allows Privilege Abuse.
This issue affects pardus-usb-formatter: from 0.7.0 before 0.7.2.
What this means for your architecture.
A CVE names a product. Whether it matters depends on where that product sits in your systems: what reaches it, which trust boundary it guards and what it can reach once compromised. Veriom maps your components, their relationships and your trust boundaries from your code, cloud and delivery evidence, so you can see where a component like this sits. The radar itself does not look at your systems.
Components it touches
- Permission checks in APIs and admin surfaces. The flaw sits between one role or tenant and another.
- Multi-tenant services. The flaw sits between one role or tenant and another.
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 one role or tenant and another. An attacker who crosses it can reach data or actions their role should not allow.
Questions to answer about your own systems
- Where does TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute pardus-usb-formatter 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.