ln: rejects non-UTF-8 source filenames in target-directory mode

In target-directory forms ln SOURCE... DIRECTORY, ln rejects source paths with non-UTF-8 filename bytes, while GNU accepts them. Breaks GNU compatibility for byte-oriented filenames on Unix filesystems. PoC: name=$printf 'bad\377'; mkdir dst; : "$name"; ln "$name" dst GNU: exit 0, creates...

CVE-2026-23863

An attachment spoofing issue in WhatsApp for Windows prior to v2.3000.1032164386.258709 could have allowed maliciously formatted documents with embedded NUL bytes in the filename to be shown in the application as one type of file but run as an executable when opened. We have not seen evidence of...

Update WhatsApp now: Two new flaws could expose you to malicious files

Meta has published a new security advisory for messaging app WhatsApp, announcing patches for two vulnerabilities. WhatsApp has fixed two security flaws that could be abused to interfere with how media and attachments are handled on your device. There is no evidence that either bug has been...

SUSE CVE-2015-4598

PHP before 5.4.42, 5.5.x before 5.5.26, and 5.6.x before 5.6.10 does not ensure that pathnames lack %00 sequences, which might allow remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via crafted input to an application that calls 1 a DOMDocument save method or 2 the GD imagepsloadfont function...

MGASA-2018-0455 Updated libmspack/cabextract packages fix security vulnerabilities

Hanno Böck discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain CHM files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service CVE-2018-14679, CVE-2018-14680. Jakub Wilk discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain KWAJ files. An attacker could possibly use this issue...