Medium6.8Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux
Privilege Escalation or Data Exposure via Symlink Following
CVE-2026-23893 Published Jan 22, 2026
CVE-2026-23893
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
Privilege Escalation or Data Exposure via Symlink Following. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 6.8). Weakness: CWE-59. Affected package(s): opencryptoki. Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:4717 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).
Affected versions
- opencryptoki-0:3.25.0-5.el10_1.2
- opencryptoki-0:3.24.0-5.el9_6.1
- opencryptoki-0:3.25.0-4.el9_7.2
- opencryptoki-0:3.22.0-3.el9_4.2
- opencryptoki-0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.2
- opencryptoki-0:3.24.0-6.el10_0.1
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 hours ago·verify at source
Fixed versions
- RHSA-2026:4717
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:4717 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 hours ago·verify at source
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