CVE-2026-104116 PUBLISHED

Missing authorization in illumos zonestatd allows local users to disrupt zonestat and enumerate running zones

Assigner: illumos
Reserved: 01.10.2026 Published: 09.10.2026 Updated: 09.10.2026

A missing authorization check in the illumos zones statistics daemon (zonestatd) allows a local user in any zone to disrupt zonestat in other zones and to determine which zones are running. The zonestatd door server procedure, zsd_server() in usr/src/cmd/zonestat/zonestatd/zonestatd.c, handles the ZSD_CMD_NEW_ZONE command, which is intended to be sent by zoneadmd, without checking the caller's credentials. Because the zonestatd door is accessible to all users in every zone, an unprivileged user can send this command with an arbitrary zone ID, causing zonestatd to re-create its door file in that zone, so that new zonestat requests in that zone can fail while the file is replaced. The time taken to handle the command also reveals whether a given zone ID belongs to a running zone. The flaw has existed since 2010 (illumos-gate commit efd4c9b6), and affects any illumos distribution prior to illumos-gate commit 865b58d2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CVSS Score: 1.9

Product Status

Vendor illumos
Product illumos-gate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from efd4c9b63ad77503c101fc6c2ed8ba96c9d52964 to 865b58d24a0f1a31c838bffc3a7193d3345fe5ba (excl.)
Vendor OmniOS
Product OmniOS
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from any to r151054 (excl.)
  • affected from r151058 to r151058w (excl.)
  • affected from r151056 to r151056aw (excl.)
  • affected from r151054 to r151054bw (excl.)

Solutions

Update your illumos distribution to one that includes the fix for this issue.

Credits

  • Robert French finder
  • James Wynne III finder
  • Dan McDonald remediation developer

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization CWE