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High ELSA-2026-43420 2 CVEs

Important: acl security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Jul 22, 2026 · Updated Jul 22, 2026

Summary

[2.4.0-1]
- rebase to 2.4.0 to fix the following CVEs:
- CVE-2026-54369 - Symlink traversal privilege escalation via libacl functions (RHEL-186111)
- CVE-2026-54370 - TOCTOU Symlink Traversal via getfacl/setfacl (RHEL-186216)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 acl 0:2.4.0-1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 libacl 0:2.4.0-1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 libacl-devel 0:2.4.0-1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.1

    acl < 2.4.0 Symlink Traversal Privilege Escalation via libacl Functions

    acl before version 2.4.0 contains a symlink traversal vulnerability in the libacl pathname-based functions acl_get_file(), acl_set_file(), acl_extended_file(), and acl_delete_def_file() that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by replacing any pathn…

  • Medium 6.3

    acl < 2.4.0 TOCTOU Symlink Traversal via getfacl/setfacl/chacl

    acl before version 2.4.0 contains a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by replacing a pathname component with a symbolic link between an lstat() check and subsequent symlink-fo…