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UWN Issue 969 November 1-7 2026.

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 969 for the week of November 1 - 7, 2026.

In this Issue

  • Fixes available in -proposed pocket for CVE-2026-98432
  • CVE-2026-109518 APT vulnerability fixes available
  • Ubuntu Summit 26.10: Less than a week away!
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • Other Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) News
  • First PyCon Angola 2027 - Call for speaker
  • Ubuntu Offline Meeting in Tokyo – Nov 2026
  • Ubuntu Summit 26.10 - UK Circle Watch Party
  • Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) Events
  • Ubuntu Discourse
  • Zark 2.1: bare-metal backup and recovery for Ubuntu 24.04 and 26.04 LTS on encrypted ZFS
  • Checkbox 8.2.0 stable release
  • Automatic time zone updates for Canadian and global schedules
  • Patch Pilot Hand-off 27.04
  • Other Community News
  • What Say You
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Canonical News
  • In the Press
  • In the Blogosphere
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Security and Updates for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, 26.04 and 26.10
  • And much more!

General Community News

Fixes available in -proposed pocket for CVE-2026-98432

Luci Stanescu updates us on CVE-2026-98432; which is a flaw in the Linux Kernel relating to IPv4 TCP connections that has a ‘Critical’ severity. We’re given package details of the fixes for our systems, with some available for download/install now, whilst other releases are still found in the proposed pocket. We’re told how we can check if we’re impacted by this flaw, how to apply the fix now, and more.

Editorial Note: Some releases, eg. noble/24.04 have advanced to -updates already, since this page was originally published earlier this week.

https://ubuntu.com/blog/fixes-available-in-proposed-pocket-for-cve-2026-98432

CVE-2026-109518 APT vulnerability fixes available

Luci Stanescu tells us about CVE-2026-109518, a vulnerability in APT. Luci gives us details of the flaw, and its ‘High’ severity, and that fixes are available. We’re given a list of releases, and the apt package version which contains the fix (14.04 & later). We’re told how we can check if we’re impacted, how this flaw could be misused if we don’t patch our systems with a short discussion on enabling TLS, how to apply fixes , and more.

https://ubuntu.com//blog/apt-vulnerability-fixes-available

Ubuntu Summit 26.10: Less than a week away!

Graham Morrison reminds us that the Ubuntu Summit for 26.10 is less than a week away. This post reminds us this will be the third six monthly summit, with most of it available online. We’re given some details, a link to the Ubuntu Summit 26.10 Timetable with some of the first sessions highlighted. We’re invited to register if we’ve not already, and reminded that it’s a free event.

https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-summit-26-10-less-than-a-week-away

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 138021 (-88)
  • Critical: 299 (+3)
  • Unconfirmed: 73809 (+78)

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

Translations

  • Swedish: 100.00% (0/3755)
  • Albanian: 98.38% (6164/0)
  • Ukrainian: 89.14% (41403/1113)
  • German: 87.02% (49487/389)
  • French: 86.00% (53382/6616)

Hot in Support

Ubuntu Community Discourse Trending Top 5 Threads

Find more support at: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/support-and-help/306

Ask Ubuntu Top Questions

Ask (and answer!) questions at: https://askubuntu.com/

Other Meeting Reports

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Times shown are UTC unless otherwise specified. For more details and further dates please visit: https://ubuntu.com/community | https://discourse.ubuntu.com/upcoming-events

Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) News

First PyCon Angola 2027 - Call for speaker

Filipe Malaquias tells us the first PyCon Angola is ‘taking shape’, and we’re invited to be part of the story. This is a call for submissions to present at the first Python Conference in Angola. We are given details: including dates, a link for more, and to make a submission.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/first-pycon-angola-2027-call-for-speaker/90885 | https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-community-at-pycon-angola-2027/91181

Ubuntu Offline Meeting in Tokyo – Nov 2026

Mitsuya Shibata tells us (posting in Japanese) of an offline meeting to celebrate the release of Ubuntu 26.10; which will be held in Tokyo on 21 November 2026. We’re given details on when, where, and told that the event is free, and hosted by the Ubuntu Japanese team, A registration link (required) is provided.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-offline-meeting-in-tokyo-nov-2026/90905

Ubuntu Summit 26.10 - UK Circle Watch Party

Ernie (Ernmander) reminds us the Ubuntu Summit 26.10 is fast approaching, and invites us to come and join the Ubuntu UK Circle, giving us details and location/links to join.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-summit-26-10-uk-circle-watch-party/90914

Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) Events

The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks:

Looking beyond the next two weeks? Visit the respective Circles!/LoCo Team calendar to browse upcoming events.

Please also see:

Ubuntu Discourse

Zark 2.1: bare-metal backup and recovery for Ubuntu 24.04 and 26.04 LTS on encrypted ZFS

Juanmi Taboada tells us about Zark software, and that it’s “an Ubuntu system installed on encrypted ZFS to an external drive”. With an external drive encrypted one can even rebuild a new disk from live USB. This post gives us details of the project, links to the GitHub project page for download, with us told it runs on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS or Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and even told why it was created. We’re given a link to an explanatory YouTube video, and told where we can seek help if required.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/zark-2-1-bare-metal-backup-and-recovery-for-ubuntu-24-04-and-26-04-lts-on-encrypted-zfs/90852

Checkbox 8.2.0 stable release

Massimiliano Girardi reports the release of a new version of Checkbox that is available in the Stable PPA (link provided) or in the stable snap channel. We’re reminded to close any testing sessions before upgrading, and told how to update our systems. We’re given a list of new features, a link to documentation that describes using the new nested groups, and a list of some notable bugfixes.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/checkbox-8-2-0-stable-release/90989

Automatic time zone updates for Canadian and global schedules

Nyah DeGroot reports the updating of core system time zone databases for Ubuntu, giving us details of the recent changes; which includes links to bug reports should we need more. Some discussion on applications accessing tzdata is included too.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/automatic-time-zone-updates-for-canadian-and-global-schedules/91008

Patch Pilot Hand-off 27.04

Florent ‘Skia’ Jacquet provides an “official hand-off for the Patch Pilot Program for the 27.04 cycle” in this post. It includes details for the ‘incoming pilot’, as well as links forward & backwards.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/patch-pilot-hand-off-27-04/91014

Other Community News

KDE Plasma 6.7.6 Desktop Environment Is Now Available with More Improvements

Marcus Nestor writes about the release of KDE Plasma 6.7.6 by the KDE Project, with a reminder this KDE Plasma 6.7 is the last KDE Plasma desktop that isn’t Wayland-only. We’re told of the updates and fixes in what Marius described as a “pretty modest update”. A link to the full changelog is provided.

https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-7-6-desktop-environment-is-now-available-with-more-improvements

What Say You

Ubuntus Myna speech to text is awesome

“Ubuntu[s’] Myna speech to text is awesome. It’s still labeled experimental, but it works perfectly for me, both in English and German and mixed sentences. Spoken text is streamed and fully transcribed the moment I stop talking. And I am talking quite fast and sometimes mumbly.” - Angelo Veltens

https://ubuntu.social/@angelo@social.veltens.org/117565455996429555

Ubuntu Cloud News

Canonical News

In the Press

Rsync 3.5.2 Fixes Security Vulnerability, Improves Interrupted Transfers

Bobby Borisov tells us about the release of Rsync 3.5.2. We’re told it includes a fix addressing CVE-2026-119741; a vulnerability which can be triggered by weak checksums. Bobby, as well, relates other updates that are included in this release.

https://linuxiac.com/rsync-3-5-2-fixes-security-vulnerability-improves-interrupted-transfers/

In the Blogosphere

Canonical adds FIDO2 hardware key support to Launchpad

Joey Sneddon blogs about Canonical adding functionality to Launchpad so users can use USB FIDO2 security keys restricting API access. Joey reminds us why Launchpad is important to Ubuntu, gives us details - including a quote from Canonical’s Jürgen Gmach, plus a link to the setup details as found on launchpadlib docs.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/11/launchpad-fido2-hardware-tokens

NVIDIA 620 Linux Graphics Driver Released with Wayland Improvements

Marcus Nestor writes about NVIDIA’s release of NVIDIA 620 series graphics drivers for Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. We’re given details of some fixed bugs and a regression fix, links to the official website for release notes or to download too.

https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-620-linux-graphics-driver-released-with-wayland-improvements

LXQt 2.5 Released With Enhanced QTerminal, Removing The Final LXDE Dependency

Michael Larabel tells of LXQt 2.5 being released, giving us both details and telling us LXQt no longer depends on menu-cache; which was the last LXDE dependency. Michael reminds us of the LXQt project’s history (ie. why LXDE link), and of updated Qterminal, QTermWidget, and other improvements in this release. A link to the LXQt release notes on GitHub is provided.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/LXQt-2.5-Released

Mir 2.31 Released With Expanded Wayland Protocol Support

Michael Larabel informs us of the release of Mir 2.31, with details of expanded Wayland protocol coverage. Additional features added, such as [unstable] xdg-decoration protcol 2 support and more.is discussed. A link to the official release report on GitHub is provided.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mir-2.31-Released

Ubuntu Moving Ahead With Plans For Splitting Up Linux-Firmware, HWE Option

Michael Larabel reminds us of the Linux Firmware HWE package discussions a few months back [UWN Issue 961], that didn’t make it into Ubuntu 26.10’s release, but are now planned for Ubuntu 27.04, and may then be backported to Ubuntu 26.10 & Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. We’re given details of this change, a link to the mailing list threads’ discussion, and more.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Going-With-Firmware-HWE

Other Articles of Interest

Featured Audio and Video

Late Night Linux – Episode 410

“Lots of security news including PHP, comically weak SSL cert keys, and accidental Linux kernel CVE disclosure. Plus Canonical is ramping up development of its immutable version of the Ubuntu desktop, and it (hopefully) won’t just be GNOME.”

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-410/

Security and Updates for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, 26.04 and 26.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 22.04 Updates

Maintenance Activity: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jammy-changes/2026-November/

End of Standard Support: April 2027

Ubuntu 24.04 Updates

Maintenance Activity: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/noble-changes/2026-November/

End of standard support: April 2029

Ubuntu 26.04 Updates

Maintenance Activity: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/resolute-changes/2026-November/

End of Standard Support: April 2031

Ubuntu 26.10 Updates

Maintenance Activity: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/stonking-changes/2026-November/

End of Life: July 2027

[The Release Update Listings] have become unwieldy so we’re providing links.

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