UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89169

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-89169
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89169.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89169
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-89169
Published
2026-09-11T05:16:00Z
Modified
2026-09-16T11:43:12Z
Severity
  • 4.1 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

live-boot ff8867c allows attackers to bypass the dm-verity-enforce-roothash-signature protection mechanism when the .verity file is missing.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
live-boot

Package

Name
live-boot
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/live-boot?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

5.*
5.0~a4-1
5.0~a5-1
5.0~a5-2
Other
1:20151213

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "live-boot",
            "binary_version": "1:20151213"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "live-boot-initramfs-tools",
            "binary_version": "1:20151213"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89169.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
live-boot

Package

Name
live-boot
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/live-boot?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

Other
1:20170623

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "live-boot",
            "binary_version": "1:20170623"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "live-boot-initramfs-tools",
            "binary_version": "1:20170623"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89169.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
live-boot

Package

Name
live-boot
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/live-boot?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

Other
1:20190614

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "live-boot",
            "binary_version": "1:20190614"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "live-boot-initramfs-tools",
            "binary_version": "1:20190614"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89169.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
live-boot

Package

Name
live-boot
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/live-boot?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

Other
1:20210208

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "live-boot",
            "binary_version": "1:20210208"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "live-boot-initramfs-tools",
            "binary_version": "1:20210208"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89169.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
live-boot

Package

Name
live-boot
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/live-boot?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

Other
1:20230131

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "live-boot",
            "binary_version": "1:20230131"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "live-boot-initramfs-tools",
            "binary_version": "1:20230131"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89169.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
live-boot

Package

Name
live-boot
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/live-boot?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

Other
1:20250225
1:20250815

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "live-boot",
            "binary_version": "1:20250815"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "live-boot-initramfs-tools",
            "binary_version": "1:20250815"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89169.json"