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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX10-UTILLINUX-15202045
  • published4 Feb 2026
  • disclosed4 Feb 2026
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Introduced: 4 Feb 2026

CVE-2025-14104  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The AlmaLinux security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for AlmaLinux:10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream util-linux package and not the util-linux package as distributed by AlmaLinux.

A flaw was found in util-linux. This vulnerability allows a heap buffer overread when processing 256-byte usernames, specifically within the setpwnam() function, affecting SUID (Set User ID) login-utils utilities writing to the password database.

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