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[USN-8640-1] Engrampa vulnerability

Posted on 17 August 2026
Ubuntu Security

==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8640-1
August 17, 2026

engrampa vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

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

Software Description:
- 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.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
engrampa 1.26.0-1ubuntu1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
engrampa-common 1.26.0-1ubuntu1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
engrampa 1.24.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
engrampa-common 1.24.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
engrampa 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
engrampa-common 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
engrampa 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
engrampa-common 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8640-1
CVE-2023-52138

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