KLA12523 Security vulnerability in Pidgin

Security vulnerability was found in Pidgin. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability to bypass security restrictions, gain privileges.

Original advisories

CVE-2022-26491-00

Related products

Pidgin

CVE list

CVE-2022-26491 unknown

Solution

Update to the latest version

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Impacts

• SB

Security bypass. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to performing actions restricted by current security settings.

• PE

Privilege escalation. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to performing by abuser actions, which are normally disallowed for current role.

Affected Products

• Pidgin earlier than 2.14.9