Fixed packages 9
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos | cifs-utils | 0:7.0-5.el8_10 |
| Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos | cifs-utils-debuginfo | 0:7.0-5.el8_10 |
| Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos | cifs-utils-debugsource | 0:7.0-5.el8_10 |
| Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos | pam_cifscreds | 0:7.0-5.el8_10 |
| Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos | pam_cifscreds-debuginfo | 0:7.0-5.el8_10 |
| Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::crb | cifs-utils-debuginfo | 0:7.0-5.el8_10 |
| Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::crb | cifs-utils-debugsource | 0:7.0-5.el8_10 |
| Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::crb | cifs-utils-devel | 0:7.0-5.el8_10 |
| Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::crb | pam_cifscreds-debuginfo | 0:7.0-5.el8_10 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Cifs-utils: local privilege escalation via forged cifs.spnego key description in cifs.upcall
A flaw was found in the cifs-utils package where the cifs.upcall helper fails to securely drop its root privileges before looking up user information inside a user-controlled environment. A local, low privileged attacker can exploit this by using a crafted re…
References
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article
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2489805
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article
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-80397
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advisory
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_39575.json
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12505
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advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12505
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advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12505
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article
https://git.samba.org/?p=cifs-utils.git;a=commit;h=972c5b5ff95e3e812bc8daa72d0383654ab0dba7