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
- 2,738
- of 17,797 indexed, latest versions
- Container images
- 2,708
- 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 2,738 of 17,797 indexed charts deploy, on 2,708 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 | 2,428 |
| 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 | 279 |
| 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
2,738 by stars
Container images carrying it
2,708 by charts deploying them
A fixed version is listed for 2 of the 3 affected packages.
| Container image | Digest | Package | Fixed in | Used by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| library/ | b64631e04e49 | util-linux | 2.42.3-r1 | 1 |
| library/ | d41127070014 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | da5aee29682d | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | faee120f7885 | util-linux | 2.41.6-r1 | 1 |
| library/ | 0742852455ad | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 1b0f675d2f24 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 534e4fefc5f0 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 57bddb6fbc34 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 7561d672fae4 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | b6dd45cc35b3 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | eb5295d08332 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 009cc37796fb | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 09160599abd2 | util-linux | 2.41.6-r1 | 1 |
| library/ | 12da49daa000 | util-linux | 2.41.6-r1 | 1 |
| library/ | 234c902a2db4 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 30abb90e62f1 | util-linux | 2.41.6-r1 | 1 |
| library/ | 3906b477e4b6 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 3eafabb4c93f | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 4521b581dbdd | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 4d25e2fe601f | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 5fa2edb1e408 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 83edc2b8e9ff | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 8df317692c59 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | b43d2dcbbdb1 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | bb142a9c18ac | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | be0a135f1955 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | d31852005202 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 04ac44a2595b | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 0842dcd4c8f8 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | ef9723cf4fe4 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 507a3eecf809 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 9e1d2afa6898 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 152dc042452c | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 2edbbc5dc405 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 4d0bb287d87b | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 8ae66efb09a2 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | ad4a8bae2eb4 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | f73396626d2f | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 56490ac14a31 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | 55d1e5b2e601 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | cab8944a33a1 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| library/ | dfa9ba46d14b | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| librenms/ | 8194a4a9ff49 | util-linux | 2.41.6-r1 | 1 |
| libretranslate/ | 1de2d7056bb8 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| lightbend/ | b0c9894ac8dd | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |
| linkstackorg/ | 1c8b05399ee4 | util-linux | 2.41.6-r1 | 1 |
| linode/ | 09f3282bf53d | util-linux | 2.41.6-r1 | 1 |
| linuxserver/ | a20fb11a440d | util-linux | 2.41.6-r1 | 1 |
| linuxserver/ | 2ebf97852661 | util-linux | 2.41.6-r1 | 1 |
| linuxserver/ | a847b5b2d860 | util-linux | no fix listed | 1 |