Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting bpftool6.12-debuginfo package, versions <1:6.12.63-84.121.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-BPFTOOL612DEBUGINFO-15320554
  • published19 Feb 2026
  • disclosed5 Jan 2026

Introduced: 5 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-68764  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 bpftool6.12-debuginfo to version 1:6.12.63-84.121.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-1430.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bpftool6.12-debuginfo package and not the bpftool6.12-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

NFS: Automounted filesystems should inherit ro,noexec,nodev,sync flags

When a filesystem is being automounted, it needs to preserve the user-set superblock mount options, such as the "ro" flag.

CVSS Base Scores

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