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Critical Path Traversal and Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Rack Affect Ubuntu Releases

Critical Path Traversal and Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Rack Affect Ubuntu Releases

First seen 27 Feb 2026, 04:11 UTC • •

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ThreatCluster •March 12, 2026 at 16:10 UTC

Ubuntu 25.10 and its LTS derivatives are affected by vulnerabilities in Rack, a Ruby webserver interface. CVE-2026-22860 allows for path traversal attacks that could leak sensitive information, while CVE-2026-25500 enables arbitrary code execution due to improper input sanitization. Both vulnerabilities were discovered by Minh Pham Quang and Ali Firas and were published on February 18, 2026.

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2026-02-18
CVE-2026-22860 and CVE-2026-25500 published
2026-02-26
Security issues reported affecting Ubuntu 25.10 and LTS versions

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