USN-8240-1: Swish-e vulnerabilities

Publication date

7 May 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Swish-e.


Packages

  • 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)

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

In general, a standard system update will 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
26.04 LTS resolute swish-e –  2.4.7-7.1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
24.04 LTS noble swish-e –  2.4.7-6.2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
22.04 LTS jammy swish-e –  2.4.7-6.1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
20.04 LTS focal swish-e –  2.4.7-6ubuntu0.1~esm1  
18.04 LTS bionic swish-e –  2.4.7-5ubuntu1+esm1  
16.04 LTS xenial swish-e –  2.4.7-4ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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