Ubuntu Security NoticesUSN-8829-1

USN-8829-1: Plasma Workspace vulnerability

Fabian Vogt discovered that Plasma Workspace did not properly authenticate local clients connecting to the session manager. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as another user.

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Sep 28, 2026 at 1:42 PM UTC
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Sep 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM UTC
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Vendor: Ubuntu
Advisory ID: USN-8829-1
Last source check: Sep 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM UTC

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