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Oracle Linux 9 acl Important Symlink Traversal Advisory ELSA-2026-42736

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2026
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Oracle Linux 9 updates for acl address critical privilege escalation issues with symlink traversals. Read to find out more.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 9 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[2.4.0-1] - rebase to 2.4.0 to fix the following CVEs: - CVE-2026-54369 - Symlink traversal privilege escalation via libacl functions (RHEL-186111) - CVE-2026-54370 - TOCTOU Symlink Traversal via getfacl/setfacl (RHEL-186216)

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation important Oracle ACL symlink traversal

SRPMs

http://oss.oracle.com/ol9/SRPMS-updates/acl-2.4.0-1.el9_8.src.rpm

x86_64

acl-2.4.0-1.el9_8.x86_64.rpm libacl-2.4.0-1.el9_8.i686.rpm libacl-2.4.0-1.el9_8.x86_64.rpm libacl-devel-2.4.0-1.el9_8.i686.rpm libacl-devel-2.4.0-1.el9_8.x86_64.rpm

aarch64

acl-2.4.0-1.el9_8.aarch64.rpm libacl-2.4.0-1.el9_8.aarch64.rpm libacl-devel-2.4.0-1.el9_8.aarch64.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2026-54369 CVE-2026-54370

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation important Oracle ACL symlink traversal

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