USN-8845-1: gvfs Ubuntu
Vulnerability summary
USN-8845-1 is a vulnerability in gvfs Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2Timeline
- 30-09-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 01-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
gvfs vulnerabilities Keith Linneman discovered that GVfs did not properly validate data received from SFTP servers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a heap buffer overflow, resulting in arbitrary code execution or a denial of service. (CVE-2026-84268) It was discovered that GVfs incorrectly handled file ownership when creating private D-Bus sockets in the admin backend. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to change the ownership of arbitrary system files, resulting in privilege escalation to root. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-88924)
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Known exploited
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Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Ubuntu1 product
- gvfs< 1.28.2-1ubuntu1~16.04.3+esm1 | < 1.36.1-0ubuntu1.3.3+esm1 | < 1.44.1-1ubuntu1.2+esm1 | < 1.48.2-0ubuntu1.2 | < 1.54.4-0ubuntu1~24.04.4 | < 1.60.0-1ubuntu0.1
1 vendor · 1 product