USN-8640-1: Engrampa vulnerability

Publication date

17 August 2026

Overview

Engrampa could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

  • engrampa - archive manager for the MATE environment

Details

It was discovered that Engrampa incorrectly handled symbolic links when
extracting certain archives. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
write arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that Engrampa incorrectly handled symbolic links when
extracting certain archives. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
write arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.04 LTS jammy engrampa –  1.26.0-1ubuntu1+esm1  
engrampa-common –  1.26.0-1ubuntu1+esm1  
20.04 LTS focal engrampa –  1.24.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
engrampa-common –  1.24.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
18.04 LTS bionic engrampa –  1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
engrampa-common –  1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
16.04 LTS xenial engrampa –  1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
engrampa-common –  1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1+esm1

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