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High USN-8981-1 1 CVE

e17 vulnerability

Published Nov 3, 2026 · Updated Nov 4, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that the enlightenment_sys helper in Enlightenment
incorrectly handled certain pathnames. A local attacker could possibly use
this issue to gain administrator privileges.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS e17 0.17.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS e17 0.17.6-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS e17 0.23.1-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 22.04 LTS Pro:22.04:LTS e17 0.25.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2022-37706 Public exploit

    enlightenment_sys in Enlightenment before 0.25.4 allows local users to gain privileges because it is setuid root, and t…

    e17 e17 Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-37706