Security Hardening

Amazon Linux 2 — python3-requests — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — python3-requests — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2025-2906 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-47081 CVE-2024-35195 CVE-2023-32681 Upstream summary: Requests is a HTTP library. Due to a URL parsing issue, Requests releases prior to 2.32.4 may leak .netrc credentials to third […]

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Gentoo Linux — app-office/ledger — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — app-office/ledger — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202004-05 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12481 CVE-2017-12482 CVE-2017-2807 CVE-2017-2808 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ledger. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Rocky Linux 9 — edk2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Rocky Linux 9

Rocky Linux 9 — edk2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Rocky Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Rocky Linux RXSA RLSA-2026:2776 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-9230 Upstream summary: EDK (Embedded Development Kit) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — perl-spreadsheet-parseexcel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — perl-spreadsheet-parseexcel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 0.66-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — perl-spreadsheet-parseexcel 0.66-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-7101 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships perl-spreadsheet-parseexcel 0.66-r0 which addresses CVE-2023-7101. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — kde — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — kde — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged kde<3.1.1nb1 for vulnerability class 'remote-code-execution'. Reference: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030409-1.txt Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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Windows Server 2016 — KB5025230 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 — KB5025230 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Microsoft KB5025230 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2023-21554 CVE-2023-28219 CVE-2023-28220 CVE-2023-28231 CVE-2023-28232 CVE-2023-28250 CVE-2023-21769 CVE-2023-21729  +12 more Affected components: Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) Table of contents Symptom […]

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openSUSE Leap 15.6 — gn — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Leap 15.6

openSUSE Leap 15.6 — gn — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Leap 15.6 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2024:0254-2 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2024-6988 CVE-2024-6989 CVE-2024-6991 CVE-2024-6994 CVE-2024-6995 CVE-2024-6996 CVE-2024-6997 CVE-2024-6998  +12 more Upstream summary: Use after free in Downloads in Google Chrome on iOS prior to […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — openssl — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — openssl — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2023:1405 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-4304 CVE-2022-4450 CVE-2023-0215 CVE-2023-0286 CVE-2022-0778 CVE-2025-69419 CVE-2025-9230 CVE-2022-1292  +6 more Upstream summary: OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — perl-FCGI — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — perl-FCGI — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2025-2880 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-23016 CVE-2025-40907 Upstream summary: FCGI versions 0.44 through 0.82, for Perl, include a vulnerable version of the FastCGI fcgi2 (aka fcgi) library. The included FastCGI library is […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-libs/libxls — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-libs/libxls — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202003-64 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12110 CVE-2017-12111 CVE-2017-2896 CVE-2017-2897 CVE-2017-2919 CVE-2018-20450 CVE-2018-20452 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxls. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom […]

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