USN-8986-1

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    USN-8986-1

    Published: 3 Nov 2026Last Modified: 4 Nov 2026

    Summary: libphp-swiftmailer vulnerability

    Details: Dawid Golunski discovered that Swift Mailer did not properly sanitize e-mail addresses in the mail transport. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to pass extra parameters to the mail command and execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8986-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10074

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libphp-swiftmailer

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libphp-swiftmailer?arch=source&distro=esm-apps-legacy%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.4.1-1ubuntu1+esm1

    Affected versions

    5.4.1-1
    5.4.1-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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