Ubuntu Security Advisories

USN-8214-1: NLTK vulnerability

3 weeks 4 days ago
It was discovered that NLTK incorrectly handled file extraction when opening a maliciously crafted zip file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to create or overwrite files on the system and execute arbitrary code.

USN-8216-1: .NET vulnerabilities

3 weeks 4 days ago
Ludvig Pedersen discovered that the System.Security.Cryptography.Xml library in .NET incorrectly handled certain XML inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to consume excessive resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-33116, CVE-2026-26171) Ludvig Pedersen and Kevin Jones discovered that the System.Security.Cryptography.Xml library in .NET incorrectly handled certain XML inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause .NET to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-32203) Ludvig Pedersen discovered that the System.Net.Mail component in .NET incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a network spoofing attack. (CVE-2026-32178) It was discovered that the Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection library in .NET did not properly verify cryptographic signatures under certain conditions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to elevate privileges. (CVE-2026-40372)

USN-8215-1: .NET vulnerability

3 weeks 4 days ago
It was discovered that the Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection library in .NET did not properly verify cryptographic signatures under certain conditions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to elevate privileges.

USN-8202-2: jq vulnerabilities

3 weeks 4 days ago
USN-8202-1 fixed vulnerabilities in jq. This update provides the corresponding update to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle certain string concatenations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-32316) It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle recursion in certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-33947) It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle improperly terminated strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-33948) It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle checking certain variable types. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or leak sensitive information. (CVE-2026-39956) It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle certain string formatting. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-39979) It was discovered that jq used a fixed seed for hash table operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-40164)

USN-8213-1: Vim vulnerabilities

3 weeks 4 days ago
Michał Majchrowicz discovered that Vim's zip plugin could overwrite arbitrary files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to delete sensitive data or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2026-35177) It was discovered that Vim's netbeans interface did not properly sanitize certain strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2026-39881)

USN-8212-1: authd vulnerability

3 weeks 5 days ago
It was discovered that authd incorrectly assigned the primary group ID to users under certain conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve privilege escalation, or gain unauthorized access to files belonging to other users.
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