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Fedora 42 awstats Arbitrary Code Execution Fix CVE-2025-63261

Fix CVE-2025-63261 (rhbz #2450261). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-29b65f46e8 2026-04-20 01:04:24.758011+00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : awstats Product : Fedora 42 Version : 8.0 Release : 1.fc42 URL : https://www.awstats.org/ Summary : Advanced Web Statistics Description : Advanced Web Statistics is a powerful and full-featured tool that generates advanced web server graphical statistics. This server log analyzer works from the command line or as a CGI and shows all information your log contains, in graphical web pages. It can analyze a lot of web/wap/proxy servers such as Apache, IIS, Weblogic, Webstar, Squid, ... but also mail or FTP servers. This program can measure visits, unique visitors, authenticated users, pages, domains/countries, OS busiest times, robot visits, type of files, search engines/keywords used, visit duration, HTTP errors and more... Statistics can be updated from a browser or your scheduler. The program also supports virtual servers, plugins and a lot of features. With the default configuration, the statistics are available at: http://localhost/awstats/awstats.pl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Fix CVE-2025-63261 (rhbz #2450261) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Fri Apr 10 2026 Tim Jackson - 8.0-1 - Fix CVE-2025-63261 (rhbz #2450261) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2450261 - CVE-2025-63261 awstats: AWStats: Arbitrary code execution via command injection vulnerability [fedora-42] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2450261 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the"dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-29b65f46e8' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new . Serious security advisory for Fedora 42 addressing arbitrary code execution in awstats. Urgent installation recommended.. Fedora 42 security advisory, awstats update, command injection fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 20, 2026 •Critical Fedora