ALSA-2026:19346

Source
https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-19346.html
Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2026:19346.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2026:19346
Related
Published
2026-05-19T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-05-26T16:00:23Z
Summary
Important: libcap security update
Details

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

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:9 / libcap

Package

Name
libcap
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/libcap

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.48-10.el9_8.1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2026:19346.json"

AlmaLinux:9 / libcap-devel

Package

Name
libcap-devel
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/libcap-devel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.48-10.el9_8.1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2026:19346.json"