🛡️ ALSA-2026:28911 — coreutils
Description
Moderate: coreutils security update
The coreutils packages contain the GNU Core Utilities and represent a combination of the previously used GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.
Security Fix(es):
- coreutils: Heap Buffer Under-Read in GNU Coreutils sort via Key Specification (CVE-2025-5278)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
ALSA-2026:28911 is recorded against 3 packages.
- coreutils (fixed in 8.32-41.el9_8)
- coreutils-common (fixed in 8.32-41.el9_8)
- coreutils-single (fixed in 8.32-41.el9_8)
Timeline and source
Published on 24 June 2026 and last revised on 25 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
access.redhat.com (Advisory)
access.redhat.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
errata.almalinux.org (Advisory)
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| coreutils | — | 8.32-41.el9_8 |
| coreutils-common | — | 8.32-41.el9_8 |
| coreutils-single | — | 8.32-41.el9_8 |
References
Similar Threats
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- Medium CVE-2026-35340
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