FreeBSD-EN-26:12.freebsd-update Errata Notice

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  "id": "db2ac6cc76e0ea80b653a58e4a29691fcb94fd6f0e60be067061289c51b3cf3e",
  "url": "https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-26:12.freebsd-update.asc",
  "method": "llm",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "patch",
    "title": "FreeBSD-EN-26:12.freebsd-update Errata Notice",
    "summary": "FreeBSD corrected an inconsistency between freebsd-update patches and the authoritative git repository by changing freebsd-update to retrieve source directly from git. Systems using pkgbase or building directly from the authoritative repository are unaffected.",
    "evidence": "As a result of this drift, the FreeBSD Security Team has changed the freebsd-update build mechanism to retrieve source directly from the authoritative git repository.",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "FreeBSD",
          "evidence": "Affects: All supported versions of FreeBSD."
        },
        "prerequisites": [
          {
            "value": "Systems running a RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the amd64 or arm64 platforms, or the i386 platform on FreeBSD 13, which were not installed using base system packages",
            "evidence": "Systems running a RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the amd64 or arm64 platforms, or the i386 platform on FreeBSD 13, which were not installed using base system packages, can be updated via the freebsd-update(8) utility:"
          }
        ],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "15.0-RELEASE-p8",
            "evidence": "(releng/15.0, 15.0-RELEASE-p8)"
          },
          {
            "value": "14.4-RELEASE-p4",
            "evidence": "(releng/14.4, 14.4-RELEASE-p4)"
          },
          {
            "value": "14.3-RELEASE-p13",
            "evidence": "(releng/14.3, 14.3-RELEASE-p13)"
          },
          {
            "value": "13.5-RELEASE-p14",
            "evidence": "(releng/13.5, 13.5-RELEASE-p14)"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "All supported versions of FreeBSD",
            "evidence": "Affects: All supported versions of FreeBSD."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "fixed_cves": [],
    "related_cves": [],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "official-freebsd-security",
  "document_id": 23613,
  "published_at": "2026-05-01T00:00:00+00:00"
}