Notice USN-8832-1, published on September 28, 2026, concerns a vulnerability in Booth, according to the Ubuntu Security feed. The supplied text is an automatic translation of the original content.
The notice says that Booth failed to validate message authentication codes correctly under certain circumstances. A remote attacker could potentially exploit the flaw to bypass authentication. The supplied text does not identify affected versions or describe a specific fix.
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