Ubuntu USN · USN-8372-1

age vulnerability

Published: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:24

CVE-2024-56327

Summary

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

Details

It was discovered that age did not properly validate plugin names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause execution of an arbitrary program by supplying a crafted recipient or identity string.

Recommended actions per Ubuntu release

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

Ubuntu noble

age→1.1.1-1ubuntu0.24.04.3+esm1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.1.1-1ubuntu0.24.04.3+esm1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y age
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
age→1.1.1-1ubuntu0.24.04.3+esm1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.1.1-1ubuntu0.24.04.3+esm1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y age
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
golang-filippo-age-dev→1.1.1-1ubuntu0.24.04.3+esm1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.1.1-1ubuntu0.24.04.3+esm1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y golang-filippo-age-dev
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

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