Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2026-2066
Advisory Released Date: 2026-08-17
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-08-17
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in open-iscsi allows remote MITM attackers to create root-owned files outside the database and inject lines into the record.
This issue affects open-iscsi: from through 668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e. (CVE-2026-44943)
An Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in open-iscsi allows unprivilidged local users to use the isscsiuio control socket.
This issue affects open-iscsi: from ? through 668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e. (CVE-2026-44944)
Affected Packages:
iscsi-initiator-utils
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update iscsi-initiator-utils --releasever 2023.12.20260817 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-2066 --releasever 2023.12.20260817 to update your system.
More information on how to update your system can be found on this page: Amazon Linux 2023 documentation
New Packages:
aarch64:
iscsi-initiator-utils-debuginfo-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
python3-iscsi-initiator-utils-debuginfo-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
iscsi-initiator-utils-debugsource-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio-debuginfo-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
iscsi-initiator-utils-devel-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
python3-iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
src:
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.src
x86_64:
iscsi-initiator-utils-debuginfo-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
python3-iscsi-initiator-utils-debuginfo-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
python3-iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio-debuginfo-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
iscsi-initiator-utils-devel-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
iscsi-initiator-utils-debugsource-6.2.1.4-10.git2a8f9d8.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64