ALAS2023-2026-3157


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2026-3157
Advisory Released Date: 2026-10-12
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-10-12
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

rsyslog's omfile dynaFile facility intentionally allows templates to generate flexible output paths. This supports valid deployments that route logs into different directories or use dynamically generated file names.

A deployment becomes unsafe when a dynaFile template uses a value influenced by untrusted input as a path component without explicit secure-path handling. In that configuration, the rendered path can escape the operator's intended log directory.

This is not limited to the RFC5424 HOSTNAME field. Any untrusted value that reaches a dynaFile path component can create the condition.

An attacker who can influence such a value may cause rsyslog to create or append to files outside the intended output directory, subject to rsyslog's effective privileges and host confinement.

The practical result depends on the deployment. Mandatory access controls, systemd sandboxing, filesystem permissions, the configured input modules, and the selected output template can all limit or prevent impact. A code-execution outcome requires additional, deployment-specific conditions and is not representative of default distribution configurations.

Default Debian and Ubuntu configurations do not enable a network input and a dynaFile action of this form. The affected configuration must be explicitly deployed. (CVE-2026-92709)


Affected Packages:

rsyslog


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update rsyslog --releasever 2023.12.20261012 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-3157 --releasever 2023.12.20261012 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:
    rsyslog-mmkubernetes-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-openssl-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-logrotate-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-mmfields-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-mmaudit-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-mmaudit-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-debugsource-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-elasticsearch-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-mmtaghostname-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-elasticsearch-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-mmjsonparse-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-mmnormalize-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-mmnormalize-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-mmkubernetes-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-crypto-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-crypto-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-mmjsonparse-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-mmtaghostname-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-openssl-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-mmfields-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
    rsyslog-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64

noarch:
    rsyslog-doc-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.noarch

src:
    rsyslog-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.src

x86_64:
    rsyslog-crypto-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-elasticsearch-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-mmkubernetes-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-mmnormalize-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-openssl-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-debugsource-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-mmtaghostname-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-mmaudit-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-mmfields-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-mmkubernetes-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-openssl-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-mmfields-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-elasticsearch-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-crypto-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-logrotate-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-mmnormalize-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-mmjsonparse-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-mmaudit-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-mmjsonparse-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-mmtaghostname-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
    rsyslog-debuginfo-8.2204.0-3.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64