RLSA-2026:39575 Important: cifs-utils security, bug fix, and enhancement update

The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed on Microsoft Windows machines. The cifs-utils packages contain tools for mounting shares on Linux using the SMB/CIFS protocol. The tools in this package work in conjunction with support in the kernel to allow one to mount a...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: cifs-utils security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for cifs-utils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 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 fro...

AlmaLinux 8 : cifs-utils (ALSA-2026:39575)

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2026:39575 advisory. cifs-utils: local privilege escalation via forged cifs.spnego key description in cifs.upcall CVE-2026-12505 Bug Fixes and Enhancements: add sssd method for mappin...