ESB-2026.4771
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2026.4771
USN-8240-1: Swish-e vulnerabilities
8 May 2026
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AUSCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Swish-e
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2022-25236 CVE-2022-25235
Original Bulletin:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8240-1
Comment: CVSS (Max): 9.8 CVE-2022-25236 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS Source: Ubuntu
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (Max): 13.3% (94th) CVE-2022-25235 2026-05-06
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USN-8240-1: Swish-e vulnerabilities
Publication date
7 May 2026
Overview
Several security issues were fixed in Swish-e.
Releases
26.04 LTS 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
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Packages
o swish-e - Simple Web Indexing System for Humans - Enhanced
Details
It was discovered that Expat, vendored in Swish-e incorrectly handled
certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash
or execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2022-25235 , CVE-2022-25236 )
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu Package Version
Release
26.04 LTS swish-e - 2.4.7-7.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro Fix available with
resolute Ubuntu Pro via ESM Apps. A community fix might become publicly
available in the future.
24.04 LTS swish-e - 2.4.7-6.2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro Fix available with
noble Ubuntu Pro via ESM Apps. A community fix might become publicly
available in the future.
22.04 LTS swish-e - 2.4.7-6.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro Fix available with
jammy Ubuntu Pro via ESM Apps. A community fix might become publicly
available in the future.
20.04 LTS swish-e - 2.4.7-6ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro Fix available with Ubuntu
focal Pro via ESM Apps. A community fix might become publicly available in
the future.
18.04 LTS swish-e - 2.4.7-5ubuntu1+esm1 Ubuntu Pro Fix available with Ubuntu
bionic Pro via ESM Apps. A community fix might become publicly available in
the future.
16.04 LTS swish-e - 2.4.7-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro Fix available with Ubuntu
xenial Pro via ESM Apps. A community fix might become publicly available in
the future.
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References
o CVE-2022-25236
o CVE-2022-25235
Related notices
o USN-5455-1
o USN-5288-1
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