golang: internal/syscall/unix: Root.Chmod can follow symlinks out of the root

A flaw was found in the internal/syscall/unix package in the Go standard library. If the target of the Root.Chmod function is replaced with a symbolic link during execution, specifically after Root.Chmod checks the target but before acting, the chmod operation will be performed on the file the...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: rhc-worker-script security update

An update for rhc-worker-script is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. 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...

PT-2026-71326

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions KubeVirt affected versions not specified Description A symlink following issue exists in the KubeVirt virt-handler migration proxy. During live migration, virt-handler uses net.Dial to connect to Unix sockets within the target virt-launcher po...

CVE-2026-13622: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

A symlink following vulnerability was found in KubeVirt's virt-handler migration proxy. During live migration, virt-handler dials Unix sockets inside the target virt-launcher pod via /proc/ /root/ paths using net.Dial without symlink protection. These socket paths reside in qemu-owned directories...

PT-2026-75961

Through version 1.3.0, the jailexec connection plugin's put file resolved a transfer's destination to a path on the jail host + and ran mkdir -p and mv there as root on the host. Those commands follow symbolic links, and the path was operated on outside the jail, so a symlink existing inside the...

PT-2026-71306

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LXD affected versions not specified Description A link following flaw allows an attacker to perform arbitrary file read and write operations on the host system. The issue occurs during the import or unpacking of an image archive because the...

PT-2026-76571

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ansible versions prior to 2.0.0 Description The jailexec connection plugin contains a flaw in the put file function where transfer destinations are resolved to paths on the jail host. Because the plugin executes mkdir -p and mv as root on the...

PT-2026-71307

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LXD affected versions not specified Description A link following flaw allows an attacker to achieve root command execution on the host system. During the import or unpacking of crafted image or backup archives, LXD fails to properly validate a...

ALSA-2026:54272 Important: abrt security update

The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool ABRT recognizes defects in applications and creates bug reports that help maintainers fix the defects. ABRT uses a plug-in system to extend its functionality. Security Fixes: abrt: TOCTOU race condition in abrt-dbus SetElement allows arbitrary file writes to dump...

AlmaLinux 10 : postgresql18 (ALSA-2026:27742)

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:27742 advisory. postgresql: PostgreSQL: Operating system account hijack via symlink following in pgbasebackup and pgrewind CVE-2026-6475 postgresql: PostgreSQL libpq:...

AlmaLinux 8 : abrt (ALSA-2026:54272)

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:54272 advisory. abrt: TOCTOU race condition in abrt-dbus SetElement allows arbitrary file writes to dump directories CVE-2026-54228 abrt: ChownProblemDir succeeds during...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : runc (SUSE-SU-2026:3428-2)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2026:3428-2 advisory. Update to 1.3.6. - CVE-2026-41579: malicious image with a /dev symlink can trigger limited host filesystem integrity violations bsc1268275. Other updat...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-62992

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Smarty is a template engine for PHP, facilitating the separation of presentation HTML/CSS from application logic. Prior to 5.8.2 and 4.5.7 on the 4.x line,...

RHEL 8 : abrt (RHSA-2026:54272)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:54272 advisory. The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool ABRT recognizes defects in applications and creates bug reports that help maintainers fix the defects. ABR...

Important: abrt security update

The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool ABRT recognizes defects in applications and creates bug reports that help maintainers fix the defects. ABRT uses a plug-in system to extend its functionality. Security Fixes: abrt: TOCTOU race condition in abrt-dbus SetElement allows arbitrary file writes to dump...

SUSE SLES15 Security Update : runc (SUSE-SU-2026:3433-2)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3433-2 advisory. Update to 1.3.6. - CVE-2026-41579: malicious image with a /dev symlink can trigger limited host filesystem integrity violations bsc1268275...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-70622

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - tar-rs versions 0.4.11 through 0.4.46 contain a symlink escape vulnerability in the Builder::appenddirall function that allows attackers to read files outside t...

CVE-2026-73030

A flaw was found in unearth. This path traversal vulnerability exists in the iswithindirectory function, which fails to normalize paths before validation. This allows ../ sequences to bypass directory containment checks. An attacker can exploit this by supplying malicious tar archives with symlin...

CVE-2026-70348

Improper link resolution before file access 'link following' in Windows Management Services allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally...

CVE-2026-11940

A flaw was found in the tarfile.extractall function within Python. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted archive. This archive could bypass security filters by using a hardlink that references a symlink, allowing the symlink to be recreated outside th...