Amazon Linux 2 (EOS) Security Advisory: ALAS2-2026-4113
Advisory Released Date: 2026-11-12
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-11-12
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in the xfs_admin utility in xfsprogs. The tool does not properly validate user-supplied parameters, allowing operating system command injection. A local attacker can exploit this issue by providing crafted input arguments, which may result in arbitrary command execution and local privilege escalation depending on how xfs_admin is executed. (CVE-2026-108472)
Affected Packages:
xfsprogs
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 xfsprogs or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-4113 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
xfsprogs-5.0.0-10.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
xfsprogs-devel-5.0.0-10.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
xfsprogs-debuginfo-5.0.0-10.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
i686:
xfsprogs-5.0.0-10.amzn2.0.2.i686
xfsprogs-devel-5.0.0-10.amzn2.0.2.i686
xfsprogs-debuginfo-5.0.0-10.amzn2.0.2.i686
src:
xfsprogs-5.0.0-10.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
xfsprogs-5.0.0-10.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
xfsprogs-devel-5.0.0-10.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
xfsprogs-debuginfo-5.0.0-10.amzn2.0.2.x86_64