[ALSA-2026:19130] Important: libcap security update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2026-05-26
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_2.1.aarch64.rpm 0e7692819c86e6366dcf8fdca9c77c37d97ebe394643e4fbe30b39cf78098d85
aarch64 libcap-devel-2.69-7.el10_2.1.aarch64.rpm ce239618bdb70ab5c7493e799eff383abf6c97613bb46ddd785d0694ae4aa684
ppc64le libcap-2.69-7.el10_2.1.ppc64le.rpm 5f6cbeb14326918c56fecb1aecaa5a9d20dc73b85aef8fdd0f2831132c511f76
ppc64le libcap-devel-2.69-7.el10_2.1.ppc64le.rpm f13b011c21a11aa633fe6ee2cffd79cc270d49414d2ee051ce6877b91731d8ce
s390x libcap-2.69-7.el10_2.1.s390x.rpm 3e177e6919930940ff54d699419cc1be0e10838b3c9d6fc8e37a2593ccc16ae2
s390x libcap-devel-2.69-7.el10_2.1.s390x.rpm 9e75f589c9846e5c50b72738f300647729789f3f2f4518652dd5589803296bfb
x86_64 libcap-devel-2.69-7.el10_2.1.x86_64.rpm 0547999f208af95e59f024af2bba6860eb43072e6e3bbb99c13b3b8a7c4d72e8
x86_64 libcap-2.69-7.el10_2.1.x86_64.rpm 2bb2467b3dee92f3444953ff2bf55f9d4eddbb9831776a6bcf516cd2773b6408
x86_64_v2 libcap-devel-2.69-7.el10_2.1.x86_64_v2.rpm 33b89e4ac6354b8a8d7e0eec840369b7e3e46737559590c75fa49af49bad5ee3
x86_64_v2 libcap-2.69-7.el10_2.1.x86_64_v2.rpm a533ba80d9ae554416c1eb7369d5a2a578ef8d31457f00802878fff2c215304b
Notes:
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