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Medium ELSA-2026-56133 1 CVE

Moderate: attr security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Aug 18, 2026

Summary

[2.6.0-1]
- rebase to 2.6.0 to fix the following CVEs:
- CVE-2026-54371 - Symlink Traversal Privilege Escalation via getfattr (RHEL-186121)
- fix couple of rpminspect warnings

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 attr 0:2.6.0-1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 libattr 0:2.6.0-1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 libattr-devel 0:2.6.0-1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.1

    attr < 2.6.0 Symlink Traversal Privilege Escalation via getfattr/setfattr

    attr before version 2.6.0 contains a symlink traversal vulnerability in the getfattr and setfattr utilities that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by replacing a pathname component with a symbolic link during directory hierarchy traversal. Attacke…