CVE-2026-78408
HighAdvisory
Published 2 Sept 2026In the index since 5 Sept 2026
- Severity
- High
- worst across findings
- CVSS
- 7.9
- base score, highest
- EPSS
- 0.001
- 2nd percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- no confirmed exploitation
- Charts affected
- 2,718
- of 17,792 indexed, latest versions
- Container images
- 2,673
- deployed by those charts
- Fix available
- 2 of 3
- affected packages
CVE-2026-78408 affecting package util-linux 2.40.2-5
Carried by container images the latest versions of 2,718 of 17,792 indexed charts deploy, on 2,673 images.
| Affected package | Affected versions | Fixed in | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| util-linuxdeb | 1:2.27.1-6ubuntu3.3, 1:2.38.1-5+deb12u1, 1:4.16.0-2+really2.41-5, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.2+46 more | 2.41.5-0+deb13u1+e2 | 2,397 |
| util-linuxapk | 2.41-r9, 2.41.2-r0, 2.41.4-r0, 2.42-r0+1 more | 2.41.6-r1, 2.42.3-r1 | 275 |
| util-linuxrpm | 2.40.2-4.azl3 | no fix listed | 1 |
- OSV records
- ALPINE-CVE-2026-78408DEBIAN-CVE-2026-78408UBUNTU-CVE-2026-78408AZL-99393ECHO-3f6d-9602-8caa
- Trending
- Rank 41 in indexed charts, since 5 Sept 2026. See the ranking →
Charts affected
2,718 by stars
Container images carrying it
2,673 by charts deploying them
A fixed version is listed for 2 of the 3 affected packages.
| Container image | Digest | Package | Fixed in | Used by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| helicone/ | 4c69b971a7e4 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| helicone/ | 4a913936c97b | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| helmforge/ | 61f759a1421f | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| helmforge/ | fcb7017327d6 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| helmforge/ | 7ba0d47b943f | util-linux | 2.41.6-r1 | 1 |
| helmforge/ | 70e9143d6d92 | util-linux | 2.42.3-r1 | 1 |
| hiboxsystems/ | b59f01bc0418 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hiboxsystems/ | dcffb926e563 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hirosystems/ | 9c98b23c1515 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hivemq/ | d8250a233cea | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hivemq/ | 241d6a8e1963 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hivemq/ | a919f990141b | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hivemq/ | f9746d5d70fa | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hiversh/ | 0e36d98402bc | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hiversh/ | b5048c6342ce | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hiversh/ | 2fbf9f264498 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hiversh/ | 4f43130f51e5 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hiversh/ | b0b85f8942c7 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hiversh/ | 50c07b84f298 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hiversh/ | 839226cc6e41 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hiversh/ | 836a37641941 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hiversh/ | 958b7ebb4eb4 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hiversh/ | 63a5ae179a9f | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hjacobs/ | fbb303ed463c | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hjacobs/ | 431f1bf013d0 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hmediade/ | 481a552c8e1c | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hmediade/ | 7f005eb6c718 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| homeassistant/ | 5a531753cea9 | util-linux | 2.42.3-r1 | 1 |
| housewrecker/ | f417dd0a7547 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| huginn/ | c794eddc7b47 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hugohg34/ | 812a03b3f274 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hwdsl2/ | 2e939ffe5913 | util-linux | 2.41.6-r1 | 1 |
| hyperglance/ | 467ad8491bc3 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hyperglance/ | 9fd5faf1fe80 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hyperglance/ | b2f8c6d52623 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hyperledger/ | 6f3f21ce5333 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hyperledger/ | c65891b6c237 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hyperledger/ | 6ee1abcfd840 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| hyperledger/ | 6756c7c48234 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| ibmcom/ | 7e4dc1e27cdf | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| ibmcom/ | b5d8c6714dbc | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| ibmcom/ | e17bdccc5030 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| ibmcom/ | 395e60cc6e3d | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| ildarmukhametzyanov/ | 15d23720a3ee | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| ilum/ | ce5dcdeb22ba | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| improwised/ | 28940522e8b7 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| infiniflow/ | 992c87a68612 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| inseefrlab/ | 31f04ca7436b | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| instill/ | c4a393e601ed | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| instill/ | ebe12f77a3f9 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |