Arbitrary file write via Windows junction handling
Published Jun 9, 2026 · Updated Jun 9, 2026
Link following in Dell Inventory Collector before 13.8.0 allows local users with low privileges to write arbitrary files. Dell has not disclosed the affected file-operation locus; the advisory states only that the client resolves a Windows junction or mount point unsafely before accessing a file. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and high-complexity conditions, and the reported consequence is arbitrary file write.
Summary
What happened
Link following in Dell Inventory Collector before 13.8.0 allows local users with low privileges to write arbitrary files. Dell has not disclosed the affected file-operation locus; the advisory states only that the client resolves a Windows junction or mount point unsafely before accessing a file. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and high-complexity conditions, and the reported consequence is arbitrary file write.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-41116
- Published
- Jun 9, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Dell Technologies
- Product
- Dell Inventory Collector
- Classifications
- CWE-1386
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 9, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <13.8.0
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