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breach watch Ubuntu security notices October 20, 2026

USN-8945-1: XZ Utils vulnerability

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It was discovered that XZ Utils incorrectly handled certain memory allocation failures when reinitializing decoders for specific compressed file formats. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger an invalid memory write, resulting in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution.

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