Rocky Linux 9 RLSA-2026-12441 libcap Important Privilege Escalation Threat
rocky
May 3, 2026
Important: libcap security update
Summary
An update is available for libcap. This update affects Rocky Linux 9. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list
Topics Covered
RPMs
libcap-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.aarch64.rpm
libcap-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.i686.rpm
libcap-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.ppc64le.rpm
libcap-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.s390x.rpm
libcap-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.src.rpm
libcap-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.x86_64.rpm
libcap-debuginfo-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.aarch64.rpm
libcap-debuginfo-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.i686.rpm
libcap-debuginfo-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.ppc64le.rpm
libcap-debuginfo-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.s390x.rpm
libcap-debuginfo-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.x86_64.rpm
libcap-debugsource-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.aarch64.rpm
libcap-debugsource-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.i686.rpm
libcap-debugsource-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.ppc64le.rpm
libcap-debugsource-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.s390x.rpm
libcap-debugsource-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.x86_64.rpm
libcap-devel-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.aarch64.rpm
libcap-devel-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.i686.rpm
libcap-devel-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.ppc64le.rpm
libcap-devel-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.s390x.rpm
libcap-devel-0:2.48-10.el9_7.1.x86_64.rpm
References
No references
CVES
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-4878
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Name: RLSA-2026:12441
Affected Products: Rocky Linux 9
Fixes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451615
Topics Covered
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