LWN Security Resources

LWN.net offers several security-related resources, including the security alert database and the weekly edition security page.

The article index

See the LWN Security Article index for access to all LWN security articles, organized by topic.

Recent LWN.net security articles

LWN runs security-oriented content regularly. Some of our more recent articles in this area include:

February 16, 2026	Open source security in spite of AI
January 21, 2026	Responses to gpg.fail
December 8, 2025	Disagreements over post-quantum encryption for TLS
October 29, 2025	Retrieving pixels from Android phones with Pixnapping
September 24, 2025	CHERI with a Linux on top
August 25, 2025	Linux's missing CRL infrastructure
August 11, 2025	StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers
July 10, 2025	Anubis sends AI scraperbots to a well-deserved fate
June 25, 2025	Libxml2's "no security embargoes" policy
May 28, 2025	Glibc project revisits infrastructure security
May 28, 2025	System-wide encrypted DNS
April 30, 2025	The mystery of the Mailman 2 CVEs
February 14, 2025	Fighting the AI scraperbot scourge
January 21, 2025	A look at the recent rsync vulnerability
November 19, 2024	Book review: Run Your Own Mail Server
November 12, 2024	Progress on toolchain security features
November 11, 2024	The top open-source security events in 2024
October 21, 2024	Python PGP proposal poses packaging puzzles
August 27, 2024	NIST finalizes post-quantum encryption standards
June 13, 2024	Improving control-flow integrity for Linux on RISC-V

Recent security alerts

Distribution	ID	Package	Date
Fedora	FEDORA-2026-547e298156	roundcubemail	2026-02-20
Fedora	FEDORA-2026-3beebfc8ff	azure-cli	2026-02-20
Fedora	FEDORA-2026-45e69bddb9	azure-cli	2026-02-20
Fedora	FEDORA-2026-9ad2d11c1f	python3.14	2026-02-20
Red Hat	RHSA-2026:2687-01	osbuild-composer	2026-02-20
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2026:0581-1	openCryptoki	2026-02-20
Fedora	FEDORA-2026-60e8919a4a	microcode_ctl	2026-02-20
Fedora	FEDORA-2026-d684b372f1	roundcubemail	2026-02-20
Fedora	FEDORA-2026-45e69bddb9	python-azure-core	2026-02-20
Fedora	FEDORA-2026-3beebfc8ff	python-azure-core	2026-02-20
Red Hat	RHSA-2026:2685-01	osbuild-composer	2026-02-20
Red Hat	RHSA-2026:2688-01	osbuild-composer	2026-02-20
Red Hat	RHSA-2026:2686-01	osbuild-composer	2026-02-20
AlmaLinux	ALSA-2026:2914	grafana	2026-02-20
Red Hat	RHSA-2026:2914-01	grafana	2026-02-20
Fedora	FEDORA-2026-443f9ace49	chromium	2026-02-20
Red Hat	RHSA-2026:2920-01	grafana	2026-02-20
Fedora	FEDORA-2026-85ee8cb2a2	microcode_ctl	2026-02-20
Debian	DSA-6142-1	gegl	2026-02-19
Debian	DSA-6144-1	inetutils	2026-02-19

View the full security alert database.