[ALSA-2026:19346] 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-2.48-10.el9_8.1.aarch64.rpm 0d42b37499433e7b676be1881bfc8a14fd250d82e62be4f1ef0a0004e4583154
aarch64 libcap-devel-2.48-10.el9_8.1.aarch64.rpm b9ccadc0d2d2a5839c86f27535cff1ff0e89994f5eaa4ed0f8207562a09cfa66
i686 libcap-devel-2.48-10.el9_8.1.i686.rpm a60b9502d00c84fdcbb93cdb5d47b4337fc6a70d51f151d1ed2243676a2634e7
i686 libcap-2.48-10.el9_8.1.i686.rpm dd0da64f27ec444a1bc766298ef27b5aedeea5bc0349ba75708a14282454e523
ppc64le libcap-2.48-10.el9_8.1.ppc64le.rpm 2ef7eb302940b7d202f88417010403fcaa5a62150f730d635571f3846553c8e7
ppc64le libcap-devel-2.48-10.el9_8.1.ppc64le.rpm 4e8d1bb082df22c755bf83583ead4f488b6c7cd6536cf82fe5dc29fc29f83f35
s390x libcap-devel-2.48-10.el9_8.1.s390x.rpm 1842b708e0e4f49de2f4af758b55bf8a8987a89e05655292d345a17d4265a85c
s390x libcap-2.48-10.el9_8.1.s390x.rpm 56cde3cf19dd77b3a2653f883f912fe057db9271084c6a2797bfc22e4a7e9579
x86_64 libcap-2.48-10.el9_8.1.x86_64.rpm 181aa6162425218650d98a850e594acc99d258ef6e4f92d58ea853816414b931
x86_64 libcap-devel-2.48-10.el9_8.1.x86_64.rpm 9e155f9f1b708b91224267410173059bde85f35063bf9ff88e02b7990de6513f
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.