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CVE-2026-105840VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik Amazon · Red Hat Enterprise Linux (lrzsz): Mehrere Schwachstellen

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-105840· High 7.7

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.7 High : upgrade to 0.13.0 soon.

Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 12:18 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
7.7High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.13.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 6 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 12 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade lrzsz to 0.13.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Uwe OhselrzszAffected
  • <0.13.0
Fixed in
  • 0.13.0

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an official security update for lrzsz in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (version 0.12.20-46.el8_10) that addresses these vulnerabilities. Users should apply this update promptly following Red Hat's published guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official patch.

Description

Two important security vulnerabilities have been identified in the lrzsz package used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. These include an arbitrary file overwrite via absolute path traversal in restricted mode and arbitrary command execution via crafted file names in pipe mode. Red Hat has released an update addressing these issues in version 0.12.20-46.el8_10. The vulnerabilities affect multiple architectures of RHEL 8, including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64. The update also fixes a segfault issue with the -s option. Users of affected RHEL 8 versions should apply the update promptly to mitigate these security risks.

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