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Ubuntu Security NoticesUSN-8840-1

USN-8840-1: libevent vulnerabilities

Severity not listed 2 CVEs Published Sep 28, 2026 at 8:05 PM UTC

Summary

Michał Majchrowicz and Marcin Wyczechowski discovered that libevent incorrectly handled certain DNS responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-63387)

It was discovered that libevent incorrectly handled certain connections. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-63388)

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CVEs in this advisory 2

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