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Fedora 44 Samba Update No Changes Advisories 2026

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • August 25, 2026

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Update to Samba 4.24.6 (and rebuild of freeipa) This update contains no changes; it exists purely to keep the Fedora 44 freeipa package higher-versioned than the Fedora 43 package. If it is not, upgrades of FreeIPA from Fedora 43 to 44 fail.

* Fri Aug 14 2026 Günther Deschner - 2:4.24.6-1 - Update to Samba 4.24.6

[ 1 ] Bug #2514054 - CVE-2026-19550 freeipa: FreeIPA: trust-fetch-domains uses trust-read ACI to gate a privileged AD trust refresh, allowing unauthorized LDAP writes [fedora-all] [ 2 ] Bug #2520169 - CVE-2026-73196 freeipa: FreeIPA: Authenticated DoS in `otptoken-add` via unbounded OTP key decoding/re-encoding [fedora-all] [ 3 ] Bug #2520170 - CVE-2026-11861 freeipa: FreeIPA: Obtaining TGS with impersonating cname through trust relationships [fedora-all] [ 4 ] Bug #2520171 - CVE-2026-73197 freeipa: FreeIPA: Unauthenticated DoS in `/ipa/migration/migration.py` via Unbounded Request Body Read [fedora-all] [ 5 ] Bug #2520172 - CVE-2026-73198 freeipa: FreeIPA: Unauthenticated DoS in `/ipa/i18n_messages` via Unbounded Request Body Read [fedo...

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-903d904933' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

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Fedora 44 FreeIPA Samba Security Update Advisory 2026 On August 25, 2026, Fedora released a security update for FreeIPA and Samba, specifically updating to Samba version 4.24.6. This update is primarily a version bump to ensure that the FreeIPA package in Fedora 44 remains higher than that of Fedora 43, preventing upgrade failures. The update addresses several vulnerabilities, including CVE-2026-11861, CVE-2026-13097, CVE-2026-19550, CVE-2026-73199, CVE-2026-73198, and CVE-2026-73197, which were published between August 11 and August 20, 2026. These vulnerabilities include issues such as unauthorized LDAP writes and denial-of-service (DoS) conditions. Users are advised to apply the update using the 'dnf' package manager to mitigate potential risks associated with these vulnerabilities. The update does not introduce new features or changes but is crucial for maintaining system integrity during upgrades. 4 sources 46

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