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🛡️ ALSA-2026:39576 — cifs-utils (CVE-2026-12505)

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Important: cifs-utils security, bug fix, and enhancement update

The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed on Microsoft Windows machines. The cifs-utils packages contain tools for mounting shares on Linux using the SMB/CIFS protocol. The tools in this package work in conjunction with support in the kernel to allow one to mount a SMB/CIFS share onto a client and use it as if it were a standard Linux file system.

Security Fix(es):

  • cifs-utils: local privilege escalation via forged cifs.spnego key description in cifs.upcall (CVE-2026-12505)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • cifs-utils: regression with kerberos mount [almalinux-9.8.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-192982)

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-2026:39576 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • cifs-utils (fixed in 7.6-2.el9_8)
  • cifs-utils-devel (fixed in 7.6-2.el9_8)
  • pam-cifscreds (fixed in 7.6-2.el9_8)

Timeline and source

Published on 15 July 2026 and last revised on 16 July 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)

Other advisories for this package

cifs-utils has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-07-15
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-16
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
cifs-utils — 7.6-2.el9_8
cifs-utils-devel — 7.6-2.el9_8
pam-cifscreds — 7.6-2.el9_8

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