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GHSA-55fx-f4gg-cfhj

util-linux on other · published in util-linux/util-linux

Read the advisory on GitHub ↗

Fixed in 2.41.6, 2.42.3. Dependabot, npm audit and OSV-Scanner probably never will. Find it in your project

Facts

Severity
High · CVSS score 7.9CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected versions
>= 2.40 As entered by the maintainer. Not reviewed. Scanners can’t read this range. How to fix it
Fixed in
2.41.6; 2.42.3
CVE
CVE-2026-78408 · published
GitHub Advisory Database
Not reviewed
OSV.dev
Not present
Other CVEs pointing here
None found in the CVE List

If you use util-linux >= 2.40

Upgrade to the fixed version for your release line: 2.41.6, 2.42.3. Dependabot, npm audit and OSV-Scanner probably never will.

Timeline

  1. 2026-09-02 08:27 UTC

    Published by the maintainers

    Cites CVE-2026-78408

  2. 2026-10-31 12:46 UTC

    First seen by Limbowatch

    not reviewed · not in OSV

  3. Not expected

    Reviewed by GitHub

    GitHub doesn’t review this ecosystem

Machine-readable record: feed/GHSA-55fx-f4gg-cfhj.json