USN-8404-1: Transmission vulnerability

Publication date

8 June 2026

Overview

Transmission could allow unintended actions if a user visited a malicious website.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that Transmission had a clickjacking weakness in the
browser-facing WebUI and RPC response paths. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to trick users into performing unintended actions.

It was discovered that Transmission had a clickjacking weakness in the
browser-facing WebUI and RPC response paths. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to trick users into performing unintended actions.

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:


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