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High ALSA-2026:51153 1 CVE

Important: gpsd-minimal security update

Published Aug 6, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

gpsd is a service daemon that mediates access to a GPS sensor connected to the host computer by serial or USB interface, making its data on the location/course/velocity of the sensor available to be queried on TCP port 2947 of the host computer. The AlmaLinux support for this package is limited. See <https://access.AlmaLinux.com/support/policy/gpsd-support> for more details.

Security Fix(es):

* gpsd: gpsd: Command Injection via GPS device subtype allows arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-58459)

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 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 gpsd-minimal 1:3.26.1-2.el9_8.1
AlmaLinux · 9 gpsd-minimal-clients 1:3.26.1-2.el9_8.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.8

    gpsd gpsprof Command Injection via gnuplot plot title subtype field

    gpsd through release-3.27.5, fixed at commit 4c06658, contains a command injection vulnerability in gpsprof that allows attackers who control the GPS device subtype value to execute arbitrary shell commands by embedding backtick payloads in the gnuplot plot t…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-58459
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2498575
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-51153.html