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High ALSA-2020:0903 1 CVE

Important: zsh security update

Published Mar 19, 2020 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The zsh shell is a command interpreter usable as an interactive login shell and as a shell script command processor. Zsh resembles the ksh shell (the Korn shell), but includes many enhancements. Zsh supports command-line editing, built-in spelling correction, programmable command completion, shell functions (with autoloading), a history mechanism, and more.

Security Fix(es):

* zsh: insecure dropping of privileges when unsetting PRIVILEGED option (CVE-2019-20044)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 zsh-html 5.5.1-6.el8_1.2

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-20044