[USN-7839-2] Google Guest Agent vulnerability

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7839-2
November 03, 2025

google-guest-agent vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 25.04
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Google Guest Agent could allow unintended access to network services.

Software Description:
- google-guest-agent: Google Compute Engine Guest Agent

Details:

USN-7839-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Go Cryptography. This update provides
the corresponding update in the Go Cryptography module included in Google
Guest Agent.

Original advisory details:

 Damien Tournoud, Patrick Dawkins, Vince Parker, and Jules Duvivier
 discovered that Go Cryptography incorrectly handled public keys during SSH
 operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass
 authorization mechanisms.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.04
  google-guest-agent              20250116.00-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  google-guest-agent              20250116.00-0ubuntu1~24.04.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  google-guest-agent              20250116.00-0ubuntu1~22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  google-guest-agent              20250116.00-0ubuntu1~20.04.0+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  google-guest-agent              20241011.01-0ubuntu1~18.04.0+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  google-guest-agent              20240716.00-0ubuntu1~16.04.0+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7839-2
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7839-1
  CVE-2024-45337

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/google-guest-agent/20250116.00-0ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/google-guest-agent/20250116.00-0ubuntu1~24.04.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/google-guest-agent/20250116.00-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
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