[ALSA-2026:13285] Important: libcap security update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2026-05-04
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-devel-2.48-6.el8_10.1.aarch64.rpm 56d77503b58fb51f2f34d3722b556ee6d9f944e925b3559a2180e191183d9408
aarch64 libcap-2.48-6.el8_10.1.aarch64.rpm f30ad2182e5846c6fcbdc9ae339d4cdda5a16c1028cecc582b679b898d40da7e
i686 libcap-devel-2.48-6.el8_10.1.i686.rpm b0f9b7c059290e90705307feb0ad21feb9c5c846c40758321c93b48a0ef0a6cb
i686 libcap-2.48-6.el8_10.1.i686.rpm d4219966c1a517391d673e8cb353c541dc69a575fabc2b8198b69afdb26b1b75
ppc64le libcap-devel-2.48-6.el8_10.1.ppc64le.rpm 3da5dcfccd88d9e945dca2cf04624e18b7c6910569a9d4f797111b18f1f35e47
ppc64le libcap-2.48-6.el8_10.1.ppc64le.rpm 7bef64affeaad5a729b7eb44a46bca05ae18c007831b665e3aa14b45409d1b68
s390x libcap-devel-2.48-6.el8_10.1.s390x.rpm 9c30c01d569d383086220406b2c91312e7326677e536be69c1fe39b79198d6f6
s390x libcap-2.48-6.el8_10.1.s390x.rpm c0c5066b004a0f97eb3c40b86bfbaf2cc945b728f5ddbacdb9d90ef06e74a037
x86_64 libcap-2.48-6.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm 4f50fe58deae1286da3f4d86192257149cd4502afcb7f485bf2918c44e6c2afd
x86_64 libcap-devel-2.48-6.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm 81e0d05679c33e7e6c58cc2b5f69bca7a210228f52afb487dc3d9cccc0de7be8
Notes:
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