CVE-2011-0541: Fuse

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

fuse 2.8.5 and earlier does not properly handle when /etc/mtab cannot be updated, which allows local users to unmount arbitrary directories via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• Fuse Fuse: up to and including 2.8.5; version 1.9 only; version 2.0 only; version 2.1 only; version 2.2 only; version 2.2.1 only; …

Published 2011-09-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.