[USN-8496-1] cifs-utils vulnerability

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8496-1
July 02, 2026

cifs-utils vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 25.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

cifs-utils could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:
- cifs-utils: Common Internet File System utilities

Details:

It was discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly dropped root privileges
before looking up user information. A local attacker could possibly use
this issue to execute arbitrary code as the root user.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
  cifs-utils                      2:7.4-1ubuntu0.26.04.1

Ubuntu 25.10
  cifs-utils                      2:7.4-1ubuntu0.25.10.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  cifs-utils                      2:7.0-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  cifs-utils                      2:6.14-1ubuntu0.4

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8496-1
  CVE-2026-12505

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cifs-utils/2:7.4-1ubuntu0.26.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cifs-utils/2:7.4-1ubuntu0.25.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cifs-utils/2:7.0-2ubuntu0.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cifs-utils/2:6.14-1ubuntu0.4
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