[ALSA-2026:12423] Important: libcap security update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2026-05-01
Description:
Libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6) draft 15 capabilities. Security Fix(es): * libcap: libcap: Privilege escalation via TOCTOU race condition in cap_set_file() (CVE-2026-4878) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
References:
Updated packages listed below:
Architecture Package Checksum
aarch64 libcap-2.69-7.el10_1.1.aarch64.rpm 9b18ee742b94347070d73a8b540f5229decc55ed2f86a3579c13b02b7ae4074e
aarch64 libcap-devel-2.69-7.el10_1.1.aarch64.rpm d9076d94445fb6b5e7a7524e8106725f30b78cde50b702677937fefd4085ed42
ppc64le libcap-2.69-7.el10_1.1.ppc64le.rpm 7f116f0f2abffb5ed58a63747830e1b435e0c0f8e70868d4f6b8b6acfa49df7a
ppc64le libcap-devel-2.69-7.el10_1.1.ppc64le.rpm c4dbc23a1aa68db1a98a51173dcad43881b4cbf340504a4a6d0a439bba1f5d62
s390x libcap-devel-2.69-7.el10_1.1.s390x.rpm 4051cd1ef15a985f5bad78faf8ccc9bf93e5d4feddedbd1587c140fc9d3c72bc
s390x libcap-2.69-7.el10_1.1.s390x.rpm b0099dec8c06e024134c7bc05fd843c85d19307fe763e80d91094c5ab670d49b
x86_64 libcap-devel-2.69-7.el10_1.1.x86_64.rpm 0848a7513e7ca99dd21b1c0a42a146b5649da89a91573be1e24b2094972349c1
x86_64 libcap-2.69-7.el10_1.1.x86_64.rpm 837c19eb5d1b016492c607fb6a63111db342fd280be533030cfc46034ac15c59
x86_64_v2 libcap-2.69-7.el10_1.1.x86_64_v2.rpm 1380424e384492f37a2cdb5de4712de552689a7c1f63723149ad83cf923fc0eb
x86_64_v2 libcap-devel-2.69-7.el10_1.1.x86_64_v2.rpm e58974b390b5d4a88dbc0ca91fa7c73e055b3369d8eccf7dcb32232783910100
Notes:
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