Advisories » MGASA-2026-0290

Updated socat package fixes a security vulnerability

Publication date: 23 Jul 2026
Modification date: 23 Jul 2026
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 10 , 9
CVE: CVE-2026-56123

Description

The updated package fixes a security vulnerability:
Heap Buffer Overflow via SOCKS5 Reply Parser. (CVE-2026-56123)
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35794
• https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/message/F6FLUO6FYZ6TSE43PLY7QJGUX4N2JXWW/
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8511-1
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56123

SRPMS

10/core

• socat-1.8.1.0-1.1.mga10

9/core

• socat-1.8.0.2-1.1.mga9