UBUNTU-CVE-2026-123269

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-123269
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-123269.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-123269
Upstream
Published
2026-11-06T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-11-07T01:46:30Z
Severity
  • 3.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 1.9 (Low) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A vulnerability was detected in libyal libvmdk. Affected by this vulnerability is the function libvmdk_descriptor_file_read_header of the file libvmdk/libvmdk_descriptor_file.c of the component Descriptor File Parser. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is identified as 175d3fc0a0b961f362f16e7560a6169d7213e16b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
libvmdk

Package

Name
libvmdk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvmdk?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other
20150516-2
20160108-1
20160119-1
20160119-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libvmdk-utils",
            "binary_version": "20160119-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvmdk1",
            "binary_version": "20160119-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libvmdk",
            "binary_version": "20160119-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-123269.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
libvmdk

Package

Name
libvmdk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvmdk?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other
20170226-1build1
20170226-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libvmdk-utils",
            "binary_version": "20170226-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvmdk1",
            "binary_version": "20170226-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libvmdk",
            "binary_version": "20170226-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-libvmdk",
            "binary_version": "20170226-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-123269.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
libvmdk

Package

Name
libvmdk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvmdk?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other
20181227-1
20181227-1build1
20181227-1ubuntu1
20181227-1.*
20181227-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libvmdk-utils",
            "binary_version": "20181227-1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvmdk1",
            "binary_version": "20181227-1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-libvmdk",
            "binary_version": "20181227-1.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-123269.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
libvmdk

Package

Name
libvmdk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvmdk?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other
20200926-2
20200926-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libvmdk-utils",
            "binary_version": "20200926-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvmdk1",
            "binary_version": "20200926-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-libvmdk",
            "binary_version": "20200926-2build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-123269.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
libvmdk

Package

Name
libvmdk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvmdk?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other
20200926-2build2
20200926-2build3
20200926-2build4
20200926-2build5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libvmdk-utils",
            "binary_version": "20200926-2build5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvmdk1",
            "binary_version": "20200926-2build5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-libvmdk",
            "binary_version": "20200926-2build5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-123269.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
libvmdk

Package

Name
libvmdk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvmdk?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other
20240510-1build1
20240510-2
20240510-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libvmdk-utils",
            "binary_version": "20240510-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvmdk1",
            "binary_version": "20240510-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-libvmdk",
            "binary_version": "20240510-2build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-123269.json"
Ubuntu:26.10
libvmdk

Package

Name
libvmdk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvmdk?arch=source&distro=stonking

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other
20240510-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libvmdk-utils",
            "binary_version": "20240510-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvmdk1",
            "binary_version": "20240510-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-libvmdk",
            "binary_version": "20240510-2build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-123269.json"