Ubuntu USN · USN-8358-1

haveged vulnerability

Published: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:58

CVE-2026-41054

Summary

haveged could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Details

It was discovered that haveged incorrectly handled credential checks on its control socket. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute privileged commands.

Recommended actions per Ubuntu release

StackPatch playbook auto-generated per release codename and per affected package.

Ubuntu jammy

haveged→1.9.14-1ubuntu1+esm1~22.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.9.14-1ubuntu1+esm1~22.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y haveged
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
haveged→1.9.14-1ubuntu1+esm1~22.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.9.14-1ubuntu1+esm1~22.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y haveged
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libhavege-dev→1.9.14-1ubuntu1+esm1~22.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.9.14-1ubuntu1+esm1~22.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libhavege-dev
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libhavege2→1.9.14-1ubuntu1+esm1~22.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.9.14-1ubuntu1+esm1~22.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libhavege2
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

Ubuntu noble

haveged→1.9.14-1ubuntu2+esm1~24.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.9.14-1ubuntu2+esm1~24.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y haveged
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
haveged→1.9.14-1ubuntu2+esm1~24.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.9.14-1ubuntu2+esm1~24.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y haveged
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libhavege-dev→1.9.14-1ubuntu2+esm1~24.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.9.14-1ubuntu2+esm1~24.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libhavege-dev
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libhavege2→1.9.14-1ubuntu2+esm1~24.04.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.9.14-1ubuntu2+esm1~24.04.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libhavege2
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

Ubuntu questing

haveged→1.9.19-12+deb13u1build0.25.10.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.9.19-12+deb13u1build0.25.10.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y haveged
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
haveged→1.9.19-12+deb13u1build0.25.10.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.9.19-12+deb13u1build0.25.10.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y haveged
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libhavege-dev→1.9.19-12+deb13u1build0.25.10.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.9.19-12+deb13u1build0.25.10.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libhavege-dev
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libhavege2→1.9.19-12+deb13u1build0.25.10.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.9.19-12+deb13u1build0.25.10.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libhavege2
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

Ubuntu resolute

haveged→1.9.19-14ubuntu0.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.9.19-14ubuntu0.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y haveged
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
haveged→1.9.19-14ubuntu0.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.9.19-14ubuntu0.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y haveged
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libhavege-dev→1.9.19-14ubuntu0.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.9.19-14ubuntu0.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libhavege-dev
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libhavege2→1.9.19-14ubuntu0.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.9.19-14ubuntu0.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libhavege2
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

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