UnratedRed Hat & Ubuntu Linux
Lua vulnerability
USN-8262-1 Published May 8, 2026
CVE-2025-49844
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
It was discovered that the Lua parser incorrectly handled garbage collection when processing specially crafted Lua scripts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. Affected Ubuntu releases: 16.04. CVEs: CVE-2025-49844.
Affected versions
- Ubuntu 16.04
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Apply available updates: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` (a standard system update installs the fix).
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
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