July 2026 package security updates released
Bulk security patches for the OpenSSL, curl, sudo and systemd packages were published this month.
Bulk security patches for the OpenSSL, curl, sudo and systemd packages were published this month.
In Canonical's July 2026 security round the following packages were updated:
The unattended-upgrades configuration on all our production servers is set to automatically apply these patches.
The kernel update released for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS addresses a use-after-free vulnerability in the nf_tables component.
A signal handler race condition in the OpenSSH server carries a risk of unauthenticated RCE as root.
Linux Kernel contains an improper authentication vulnerability which could allow for privilege escalation via the cgroups v1 release_agent feature.