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USN-8229-1: sed vulnerability

Michał Majchrowicz and Marcin Wyczechowski discovered that sed incorrectly handled symbolic links when performing in-place edits. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files.

Monday, May 4, 2026Vulnios Threat Intelligence
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Michał Majchrowicz and Marcin Wyczechowski discovered that sed incorrectly handled symbolic links when performing in-place edits. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files.

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