Ubuntu USN · USN-8359-1

NNCP vulnerability

Published: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:04

CVE-2025-60020

Summary

NNCP could allow unintended access to files.

Details

It was discovered that NNCP did not properly sanitize file paths in packet data during file requesting and file saving operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read or write arbitrary files outside of the intended directory.

Recommended actions per Ubuntu release

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

Ubuntu jammy

nncp→8.5.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm3apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 8.5.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm3 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nncp
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
nncp→8.5.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm3apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 8.5.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm3 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nncp
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

Ubuntu noble

nncp→8.10.0-8ubuntu0.3+esm3apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 8.10.0-8ubuntu0.3+esm3 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nncp
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
nncp→8.10.0-8ubuntu0.3+esm3apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 8.10.0-8ubuntu0.3+esm3 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nncp
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

Ubuntu questing

nncp→8.11.0-4+deb13u1build0.25.10.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 8.11.0-4+deb13u1build0.25.10.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nncp
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
nncp→8.11.0-4+deb13u1build0.25.10.1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 8.11.0-4+deb13u1build0.25.10.1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nncp
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

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