Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: libcap security update

An update for libcap is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

libcap: libcap: Privilege escalation via TOCTOU race condition in cap_set_file()

A flaw was found in libcap. A local unprivileged user can exploit a Time-of-check-to-time-of-use TOCTOU race condition in the capsetfile function. This allows an attacker with write access to a parent directory to redirect file capability updates to an attacker-controlled file. By doing so,...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: libcap security update

An update for libcap is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from t...

libcap: libcap: Privilege escalation via TOCTOU race condition in cap_set_file()

A flaw was found in libcap. A local unprivileged user can exploit a Time-of-check-to-time-of-use TOCTOU race condition in the capsetfile function. This allows an attacker with write access to a parent directory to redirect file capability updates to an attacker-controlled file. By doing so,...

ALSA-2026:12423 Important: libcap security update

Libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e formerly POSIX 6 draft 15 capabilities. Security Fixes: libcap: libcap: Privilege escalation via TOCTOU race condition in capsetfile CVE-2026-4878 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments,...

libcap security update

2.69-7.1 - Fix TOCTOU race condition in capsetfile CVE-2026-4878 Resolves: RHEL-169301...

ALSA-2026:12441 Important: libcap security update

Libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e formerly POSIX 6 draft 15 capabilities. Security Fixes: libcap: libcap: Privilege escalation via TOCTOU race condition in capsetfile CVE-2026-4878 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments,...

Important: libcap security update

Libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e formerly POSIX 6 draft 15 capabilities. Security Fixes: libcap: libcap: Privilege escalation via TOCTOU race condition in capsetfile CVE-2026-4878 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments,...

RHEL 9 : libcap (RHSA-2026:12441)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:12441 advisory. Libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e formerly POSIX 6 draft 15 capabilities. Security Fixes: libcap: libcap: Privilege escalation vi...

Fedora 44 : libcap (2026-418370d63b)

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-418370d63b advisory. Update to 2.78, mainly to resolve a security vulnerability. Advisory: https://github.com/AndrewGMorgan/libcapmirror/security/advisories/GHSA-f78v-p5hx-m7hh...

[SECURITY] Fedora 44 Update: libcap-2.78-1.fc44

libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e formerly POSIX 6 draft 15 capabilities...

Fedora 42 : libcap (2026-d4c643a2ba)

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-d4c643a2ba advisory. An update to patch a security vulnerability. Advisory: https://github.com/AndrewGMorgan/libcapmirror/security/advisories/GHSA-f78v-p5hx-m7hh Changelog Mon Ap...

[SECURITY] Fedora 42 Update: libcap-2.73-3.fc42

libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e formerly POSIX 6 draft 15 capabilities...

SUSE-SU-2026:21274-1 Security update for libcap

This update for libcap fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-4878: local privilege escalation through file capability injection due to TOCTOU race condition in capsetfile bsc1261809...

SUSE-SU-2026:21373-1 Security update for libcap

This update for libcap fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-4878: local privilege escalation through file capability injection due to TOCTOU race condition in capsetfile bsc1261809...

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20613-1 Security update for libcap

This update for libcap fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-4878: local privilege escalation through file capability injection due to TOCTOU race condition in capsetfile bsc1261809...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : libcap vulnerability (USN-8193-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8193-1 advisory. Ali Raza discovered that libcap incorrectly handled file capability updates. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to inject or strip...

USN-8193-1 libcap2 vulnerability

Ali Raza discovered that libcap incorrectly handled file capability updates. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to inject or strip capabilities into arbitrary executables and escalate privileges...

SUSE-SU-2026:21257-1 Security update for libcap

This update for libcap fixes the following issue: - CVE-2026-4878: local privilege escalation through file capability injection due to TOCTOU race condition in capsetfile bsc1261809...

SUSE-SU-2026:21243-1 Security update for libcap

This update for libcap fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-4878: local privilege escalation through file capability injection due to TOCTOU race condition in capsetfile bsc1261809...