USN-8170-1: Corosync vulnerabilities

Publication date

13 April 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Corosync.


Packages

  • corosync - cluster engine daemon and utilities

Details

It was discovered that Corosync incorrectly handled the membership commit
token validity check. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
Corosync to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or to possibly obtain
a small quantity of sensitive information. (CVE-2026-35091)

It was discovered that Corosync incorrectly handled join message
validation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Corosync to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-35092)

It was discovered that Corosync incorrectly handled the membership commit
token validity check. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
Corosync to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or to possibly obtain
a small quantity of sensitive information. (CVE-2026-35091)

It was discovered that Corosync incorrectly handled join message
validation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Corosync to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-35092)

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart Corosync to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
25.10 questing corosync –  3.1.9-2ubuntu1.1
24.04 LTS noble corosync –  3.1.7-1ubuntu3.2
22.04 LTS jammy corosync –  3.1.6-1ubuntu1.2

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