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High ELSA-2026-83525 2 CVEs

Important: lrzsz security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Oct 15, 2026 · Updated Oct 15, 2026

Summary

[0.12.20-46]
- Fix long-standing SIGSEGV bug when using the -s parameter without
an argument (RHEL-282148)

[0.12.20-45]
- Backport tightened path handling from 0.13.1 (CVE-2026-105840)

[0.12.20-44]
- Remove 'Topipe' feature. (CVE-2026-105841)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 lrzsz 0:0.12.20-46.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.5

    lrzsz before 0.13.0 Path Traversal via lrz Restricted Mode checkpath()

    lrzsz before 0.13.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the lrz receive utility's restricted mode that allows malicious ZMODEM senders to write files outside the current directory using absolute pathnames. Because checkpath() in src/lrz.c only rejects …

  • High 7.5

    lrzsz before 0.13.0 OS Command Injection via lrz Pipe Mode

    lrzsz before 0.13.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the lrz receive utility's pipe mode that allows remote senders to execute commands by supplying crafted filenames. When lrz runs under a suffixed name such as lrztar, procheader() in src/lr…