{"id":"ALSA-2026:69964","summary":"Moderate: coreutils security update","details":"The coreutils packages contain the GNU Core Utilities and represent a combination of the previously used GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.  \n\nSecurity Fix(es):  \n\n  * coreutils: Heap Buffer Under-Read in GNU Coreutils sort via Key Specification (CVE-2025-5278)\n\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n","modified":"2026-09-22T14:15:03.409333650Z","published":"2026-09-22T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2025-5278"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69964"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5278"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2368764"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-69964.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"coreutils","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/coreutils"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.30-21.el8_10"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2026:69964.json"}},{"package":{"name":"coreutils-common","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/coreutils-common"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.30-21.el8_10"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2026:69964.json"}},{"package":{"name":"coreutils-single","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/coreutils-single"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.30-21.el8_10"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2026:69964.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}