SUSE-SU-2026:22906-1 Security update for gzip

This update for gzip fixes the following issue - CVE-2026-41991: insecure temporary file handling in the gzexe utility when the mktemp utility is not available in a user's PATH bsc1269622...

SUSE-SU-2026:22918-1 Security update for gzip

This update for gzip fixes the following issue - CVE-2026-41991: insecure temporary file handling in the gzexe utility when the mktemp utility is not available in a user's PATH bsc1269622...

openSUSE 16 Security Update : gzip (openSUSE-SU-2026:21371-1)

The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:21371-1 advisory. This update for gzip fixes the following issue - CVE-2026-41991: insecure temporary file handling in the gzexe utility when the mktemp utility is not...

OESA-2026-2997 gzip security update

gzip is a single-file/stream lossless data compression utility, where the resulting compressed file generally has the suffix .gz. Security Fixes: GNU gzip contains a vulnerability in the gzexe utility related to insecure temporary file handling. When the mktemp utility is not available in the...

SUSE-SU-2026:22753-1 Security update for gzip

This update for gzip fixes the following issue - CVE-2026-41991: insecure temporary file handling in the gzexe utility when the mktemp utility is not available in the user's PATH bsc1269622...

SUSE-SU-2026:22818-1 Security update for gzip

This update for gzip fixes the following issue - CVE-2026-41991: insecure temporary file handling in the gzexe utility when the mktemp utility is not available in the user's PATH bsc1269622...

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21371-1 Security update for gzip

This update for gzip fixes the following issue - CVE-2026-41991: insecure temporary file handling in the gzexe utility when the mktemp utility is not available in the user's PATH bsc1269622...

OESA-2026-2970 gzip security update

gzip is a single-file/stream lossless data compression utility, where the resulting compressed file generally has the suffix .gz. Security Fixes: GNU gzip contains a vulnerability in the gzexe utility related to insecure temporary file handling. When the mktemp utility is not available in the...

OESA-2026-2971 gzip security update

gzip is a single-file/stream lossless data compression utility, where the resulting compressed file generally has the suffix .gz. Security Fixes: GNU gzip contains a vulnerability in the gzexe utility related to insecure temporary file handling. When the mktemp utility is not available in the...

OESA-2026-2969 gzip security update

gzip is a single-file/stream lossless data compression utility, where the resulting compressed file generally has the suffix .gz. Security Fixes: GNU gzip contains a vulnerability in the gzexe utility related to insecure temporary file handling. When the mktemp utility is not available in the...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Gzip vulnerabilities (USN-8512-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8512-1 advisory. It was discovered that Gzip's gzexe utility handled temporary files in an insecure manner. When the mktemp utility was not...

USN-8512-1 gzip vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Gzip's gzexe utility handled temporary files in an insecure manner. When the mktemp utility was not available, gzexe constructed a temporary file path based on the process ID, which could be predicted. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary...

USN-8512-1: Gzip vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Gzip's gzexe utility handled temporary files in an insecure manner. When the mktemp utility was not available, gzexe constructed a temporary file path based on the process ID, which could be predicted. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary...

SUSE CVE-2026-41991

GNU gzip contains a vulnerability in the gzexe utility related to insecure temporary file handling. When the mktemp utility is not available in the user's PATH, gzexe falls back to constructing a temporary file path based solely on the process ID PID. This predictable filename is created without...

gzip: gzip: Arbitrary file overwrite via insecure temporary file handling in gzexe utility

A flaw was found in the gzexe utility of GNU gzip. When the mktemp utility is not available, gzexe creates temporary files with predictable names based on the process ID. A local attacker can exploit this by pre-creating a symbolic link to an arbitrary file at the predicted temporary file path...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-41991

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - GNU gzip contains a vulnerability in the gzexe utility related to insecure temporary file handling. When the mktemp utility is not available in the user's PATH,...

CVE-2026-41991

A flaw was found in the gzexe utility of GNU gzip. When the mktemp utility is not available, gzexe creates temporary files with predictable names based on the process ID. A local attacker can exploit this by pre-creating a symbolic link to an arbitrary file at the predicted temporary file path...

CVE-2026-41991

GNU gzip contains a vulnerability in the gzexe utility related to insecure temporary file handling. When the mktemp utility is not available in the user’s PATH, gzexe falls back to constructing a temporary file path based solely on the process ID PID. This predictable filename is created without...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41991

GNU gzip contains a vulnerability in the gzexe utility related to insecure temporary file handling. When the mktemp utility is not available in the user’s PATH, gzexe falls back to constructing a temporary file path based solely on the process ID PID. This predictable filename is created without...

CVE-2026-41991

GNU gzip contains a vulnerability in the gzexe utility related to insecure temporary file handling. When the mktemp utility is not available in the user’s PATH, gzexe falls back to constructing a temporary file path based solely on the process ID PID. This predictable filename is created without...