MGASA-2026-0270 Updated erlang packages fix a security vulnerability

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: SFTP READLINK response leaks absolute backend filesystem path when root is configured. CVE-2026-48855...

Updated erlang packages fix a security vulnerability

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: SFTP READLINK response leaks absolute backend filesystem path when root is configured. CVE-2026-48855...

Fedora 44 : erlang (2026-ef630b13b0)

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-ef630b13b0 advisory. Fix for CVE-2026-48855 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for...

EEF-CVE-2026-48855 SFTP READLINK Leaks Absolute Backend Filesystem Path When Root Is Configured

Summary Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Erlang OTP ssh ssh\sftpd module allows File Discovery. The SSH\FXP\READLINK handler in ssh\sftpd sends the raw result of file:read\link/2 to the client without calling chroot\filename/2 to strip the backend root...