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High ALAS2023-2026-3453 1 CVE

Important: xfsprogs security update (Amazon Linux 2023)

Published Nov 12, 2026 · Updated Nov 12, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-108472: A flaw was found in the xfs_admin utility in xfsprogs. The tool does not properly validate user-supplied parameters, allowing operating system command injection. A local attacker can exploit this issue by providing crafted input arguments, which may result in arbitrary command execution and local privilege escalation depending on how xfs_admin is executed.

Fixed packages 6

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2023 xfsprogs 0:6.12.0-3.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 xfsprogs-debuginfo 0:6.12.0-3.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 xfsprogs-debugsource 0:6.12.0-3.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 xfsprogs-devel 0:6.12.0-3.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 xfsprogs-xfs_scrub 0:6.12.0-3.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 xfsprogs-xfs_scrub-debuginfo 0:6.12.0-3.amzn2023.0.3

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-108472.html