The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed on Microsoft Windows machines. The cifs-utils packages contain tools for mounting shares on Linux using the SMB/CIFS protocol. The tools in this package work in conjunction with support in the kernel to allow one to mount a SMB/CIFS share onto a client and use it as if it were a standard Linux file system. Security Fix(es): * cifs-utils: local privilege escalation via forged cifs.spnego key description in cifs.upcall (CVE-2026-12505) Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s): * cifs-utils: regression with kerberos mount [almalinux-9.8.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-192982) 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.