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:

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
June 12, 2024	Memory sealing for the GNU C Library
May 8, 2024	Securing Git repositories with gittuf
April 30, 2024	Security patterns and anti-patterns in embedded development
April 23, 2024	A change in direction for security-module stacking?

Recent security alerts

Distribution	ID	Package	Date
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:14984-01	python3.12	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:15348-01	python3.12	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:15010-01	python3.11	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:15411-01	python39:3.9	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:16151-01	python3	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:16118-01	python39:3.9	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:15968-01	python3	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:16012-01	python3.11	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:15019-01	python3.9	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:15007-01	python3.12	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:16262-01	python3	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:16078-01	python39:3.9	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:16153-01	python3	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:16152-01	python3.9	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:16062-01	python39:3.9	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:16117-01	python3	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:16016-01	python3.11	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:15800-01	python3.9	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:15724-01	python3.9	2025-10-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2025:15410-01	python39:3.9	2025-10-17

View the full security alert database.