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High RHSA-2026:60226 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: attr security update

Published Aug 27, 2026 · Updated Oct 15, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 9

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 9 enterprise_linux:9::appstream attr-debuginfo 0:2.6.0-1.el9_8
Red Hat · RHEL 9 enterprise_linux:9::appstream attr-debugsource 0:2.6.0-1.el9_8
Red Hat · RHEL 9 enterprise_linux:9::appstream libattr-debuginfo 0:2.6.0-1.el9_8
Red Hat · RHEL 9 enterprise_linux:9::appstream libattr-devel 0:2.6.0-1.el9_8
Red Hat · RHEL 9 enterprise_linux:9::baseos attr 0:2.6.0-1.el9_8
Red Hat · RHEL 9 enterprise_linux:9::baseos attr-debuginfo 0:2.6.0-1.el9_8
Red Hat · RHEL 9 enterprise_linux:9::baseos attr-debugsource 0:2.6.0-1.el9_8
Red Hat · RHEL 9 enterprise_linux:9::baseos libattr 0:2.6.0-1.el9_8
Red Hat · RHEL 9 enterprise_linux:9::baseos libattr-debuginfo 0:2.6.0-1.el9_8

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.1
    CVE-2026-54371

    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…

    attr project attr acl attr Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2490283
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_60226.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-54371
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54371
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54371