Amazon Linux 2 (EOS) Security Advisory: ALAS2-2026-3946
Advisory Released Date: 2026-09-28
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-09-28
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
Heap out-of-bounds write in RemoteIo when reading from a malicious remote server (WebReady/Curl builds) (CVE-2026-68546)
Affected Packages:
exiv2
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update exiv2 or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3946 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
exiv2-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.8.aarch64
exiv2-devel-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.8.aarch64
exiv2-libs-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.8.aarch64
exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.8.aarch64
i686:
exiv2-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.8.i686
exiv2-devel-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.8.i686
exiv2-libs-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.8.i686
exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.8.i686
noarch:
exiv2-doc-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.8.noarch
src:
exiv2-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.8.src
x86_64:
exiv2-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.8.x86_64
exiv2-devel-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.8.x86_64
exiv2-libs-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.8.x86_64
exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.8.x86_64