UnratedRed Hat & Ubuntu Linux
age vulnerability
USN-8372-1 Published Jun 2, 2026
CVE-2024-56327
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
It was discovered that age did not properly validate plugin names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause execution of an arbitrary program by supplying a crafted recipient or identity string. Affected Ubuntu releases: 24.04. CVEs: CVE-2024-56327.
Affected versions
- Ubuntu 24.04
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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