[ALSA-2026:12441] 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-devel-2.48-10.el9_7.1.aarch64.rpm 6e04eec51d07492e5751d5b0af492985fb50671c5551a6590e8fd23be364c095
aarch64 libcap-2.48-10.el9_7.1.aarch64.rpm fa7aa9a8b49c0e6fc98037ba4bfe3029d38b341a132a1ee3de67114da97169d4
i686 libcap-devel-2.48-10.el9_7.1.i686.rpm 9821656967cef516935c8fcf6cd2cc19d333de9f9d8d26ef728eecbcecdc10ed
i686 libcap-2.48-10.el9_7.1.i686.rpm e39d335c485e1320ee204508da69db825aaa44f7b54db5a1778bb4373d869ead
ppc64le libcap-2.48-10.el9_7.1.ppc64le.rpm 6381f5a452b9fcd8ab01cad1ea34c1acd22728aa2db230d568360903c4d193a2
ppc64le libcap-devel-2.48-10.el9_7.1.ppc64le.rpm b0795c6ee67efa612863aa674046a294e4dd8906e41cd5a63187a12de7dbb4cf
s390x libcap-2.48-10.el9_7.1.s390x.rpm 0346d36af810e5e030d37ab975846262ad146f9d9a9c55282c3d660309943122
s390x libcap-devel-2.48-10.el9_7.1.s390x.rpm d55af28a371c0d80f5cfd9f92dd1395c4f210717a3d870ad770e19a945a60944
x86_64 libcap-devel-2.48-10.el9_7.1.x86_64.rpm 355e92d4668fed963e1d8db10bfbd15dd227ec6d3a595aa6d73fc0baa93e2e06
x86_64 libcap-2.48-10.el9_7.1.x86_64.rpm a3f13a2d002ce0af61c8cae0a3e06166e55d9f42c8b52d90db5853efcaddda5a
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.