golang: Go os.Root: Symlink following vulnerability allows directory traversal

A flaw was found in the os.Root functionality of Go on Unix systems. This vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass intended directory restrictions by crafting a path that ends with a symbolic link and a trailing slash. When a file is opened in os.Root with such a path, the symbolic link is...

Important: mrtg

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in MRTG. When the MRTG daemon is started as a root user and subsequently drops privileges, a local, low-privileged attacker can exploit a symbolic link symlink following vulnerability. By influencing or pre-placing a symlink in the process ID PID file path, the...

Important: libvirt

Issue Overview: libvirt: newline injection in network xml dns txt/srv fields allows dnsmasq config directive injection CVE-2026-61477 libvirt: Check for empty string condition and skip inclusion of the XML document context in the error message. CVE-2026-61478 A flaw was found in libvirt. A local...

CVE-2026-81494

GHSA-7fj9-65v4-rp7h: Arbitrary file write on host via image-planted symlinks and oci.dns. newline injection...

Amazon Linux 2 : mrtg, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3884 (ALAS-2026-3884)

The version of mrtg installed on the remote host is prior to 2.17.4-11. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3884 advisory. A flaw was found in MRTG. When the MRTG daemon is started as a root user and subsequently drops privileges, a local, low-privileged...

Amazon Linux 2 : libvirt, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3873 (ALAS-2026-3873)

The version of libvirt installed on the remote host is prior to 4.5.0-36. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3873 advisory. libvirt: newline injection in network xml dns txt/srv fields allows dnsmasq config directive injection CVE-2026-61477...

Amazon Linux 2 : kbd, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3885 (ALAS-2026-3885)

The version of kbd installed on the remote host is prior to 1.15.5-15. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3885 advisory. openvt -u is intended to identify the owner of the current VT and then execute login as that user from a privileged context. In the...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-82252

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - gitoxide before 0.52.1 follows symlinks when reading the worktree .gitmodules file, allowing attackers to inject out-of-repository bytes into submodule metadata...

MiracleLinux 9 : attr-2.6.0-1.el9_8 (AXSA:2026-1707:01)

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2026-1707:01 advisory. attr: Symlink Traversal Privilege Escalation via getfattr and setfattr CVE-2026-54371 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-82248

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - gix-worktree-state before 0.33.0 part of gitoxide allows writing files outside the worktree on Windows. gixworktreestate::checkout follows an existing terminal...

Important: kbd

Issue Overview: openvt -u is intended to identify the owner of the current VT and then execute login as that user from a privileged context. In the documented kbrequest/init usage, the ownership test in authenticateuser relies on stat"/proc//fd/0". stat on /proc//fd/0 follows the symlink to the...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-81494

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Ubuntu Linux - GHSA-7fj9-65v4-rp7h: Arbitrary file write on host via image-planted symlinks and oci.dns. newline injection CVE-2026-81494 Note that Nessus relie...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-80663

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select: Harden daemon pidfile open Avoid symlink-based pidfile clobbering by opening the pidfile with ONOFOLLOW and validating it wi...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-81494

GHSA-7fj9-65v4-rp7h: Arbitrary file write on host via image-planted symlinks and oci.dns. newline injection...

OESA-2026-3526 docker security update

Docker is a product for you to build, ship and run any application as a lightweight container. Security Fixes: The tar extraction routines in moby/go-archive Unpack, UnpackLayer, Untar/UntarUncompressed, and the ApplyLayer helpers do not confine filesystem operations to the destination directory...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-82455

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - RubyGems fails to re-validate path containment after filesystem symlink resolution during gem extraction. When a pre-existing symlink inside the destination...

CVE-2026-82455

Rejected reason: The RubyGems maintainers determined that the reported symlink-following behavior during gem extraction is not a security vulnerability, so no vulnerability exists for this record to describe...

AZL-98403 CVE-2026-82455 affecting package ruby 3.3.5-9

RubyGems fails to re-validate path containment after filesystem symlink resolution during gem extraction. When a pre-existing symlink inside the destination directory points outside the extraction root, extracted files that appear to be written under the destination directory can instead be writt...

CVE-2026-82455

Rejected reason: The RubyGems maintainers determined that the reported symlink-following behavior during gem extraction is not a security vulnerability, so no vulnerability exists for this record to describe...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82455

RubyGems fails to re-validate path containment after filesystem symlink resolution during gem extraction. When a pre-existing symlink inside the destination directory points outside the extraction root, extracted files that appear to be written under the destination directory can instead be writt...