CVE-2026-45259 PUBLISHED

sigqueue(2) missing capability mode restriction

Assigner: freebsd
Reserved: 11.05.2026 Published: 27.06.2026 Updated: 27.06.2026

sigqueue(2) was marked as permitted in capability mode with the introduction of Capsicum in 2011, but the implementation of kern_sigqueue did not include a capability mode check restricting signal delivery to the calling process's own PID.

A process in capability mode can use sigqueue(2) to send signals to any process it could signal following standard Unix permissions, bypassing the Capsicum sandbox restriction. A compromised sandboxed process could interfere with other processes, for example by sending SIGKILL or SIGSTOP. This could be any process running as the same user, or any process, for a superuser sandboxed process.

Product Status

Vendor FreeBSD
Product FreeBSD
Versions Default: unknown
  • affected from 15.0-RELEASE to p10 (excl.)
  • affected from 14.4-RELEASE to p6 (excl.)
  • affected from 14.3-RELEASE to p15 (excl.)

Credits

  • Ed Maste finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment CWE