CVE-2026-54161

Publication date 6 July 2026

Last updated 17 August 2026


Ubuntu priority

Description

upsmon: remote OS command injection (RCE) via attacker-controlled ups.alarm in NOTIFYCMD execution

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
nut 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
25.10 questing Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes


mdeslaur

The issue was introduced in nut 2.8.3 The upstream fix may be a breaking change for existing deployments, see notes in commit.

Patch details

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