{"id":"RLSA-2026:32990","summary":"Important: cifs-utils security update","details":"The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed on Microsoft Windows machines. The cifs-utils packages contain tools for mounting shares on Linux using the SMB/CIFS protocol. The tools in this package work in conjunction with support in the kernel to allow one to mount a SMB/CIFS share onto a client and use it as if it were a standard Linux file system.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* cifs-utils: local privilege escalation via forged cifs.spnego key description in cifs.upcall (CVE-2026-12505)\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":"2026-07-05T12:30:05.949772472Z","published":"2026-07-05T12:05:09.130757Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-12505"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:32990"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2489805"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cifs-utils","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:10","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/cifs-utils?distro=rocky-linux-10&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:7.6-1.el10_2"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:32990.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}