{"id":"RLSA-2026:12441","summary":"Important: libcap security update","details":"Libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6) draft 15 capabilities.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* libcap: libcap: Privilege escalation via TOCTOU race condition in cap_set_file() (CVE-2026-4878)\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.","modified":"2026-05-03T12:30:10.627213Z","published":"2026-05-03T12:03:41.515195Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-4878"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:12441"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451615"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libcap","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/libcap?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.48-10.el9_7.1"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:12441.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}