CVE-2020-26947

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

monero-wallet-gui in Monero GUI before 0.17.1.0 includes the . directory in an embedded RPATH (with a preference ahead of /usr/lib), which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory.

Affected products

Getmonero Monero: before 0.17.1.0 — fixed in 0.17.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Getmonero Monero 0.17.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/commit/6ed536982953d870010d8fa065dccbffeb6cae50
https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/issues/3142#issuecomment-705940446
https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/commit/6ed536982953d870010d8fa065dccbffeb6cae50
https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/issues/3142#issuecomment-705940446

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