DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16524

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-16524
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16524.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16524
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-16524
Published
2026-07-30T06:25:02Z
Modified
2026-09-14T17:03:18Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A command injection flaw in PCP's linux_sockets PMDA allows malicious shell metacharacters via the network.persocket.filter metric. This failed validation lets attackers execute arbitrary commands as the PMDA user when metrics refresh.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / pcp

Package

Name
pcp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pcp?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*
6.0.3-1.1
6.0.5-1
6.1.0-1
6.1.1-1
6.2.0-1
6.2.0-1.1~exp1
6.2.0-1.1
6.2.1-1
6.2.2-1
6.3.0-1
6.3.1-1
6.3.3-1
6.3.4-1
6.3.5-1
6.3.6-1
6.3.7-1
6.3.8-1
7.*
7.0.0-1
7.0.1-1
7.0.2-1
7.0.3-1
7.0.4-1
7.0.5-1
7.1.0-1
7.1.1-1
7.1.2-1
7.1.3-2
7.1.4-1
7.1.5-1
7.2.0-1
7.2.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16524.json"

Debian:13 / pcp

Package

Name
pcp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pcp?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*
6.3.8-1
7.*
7.0.0-1
7.0.1-1
7.0.2-1
7.0.3-1
7.0.4-1
7.0.5-1
7.1.0-1
7.1.1-1
7.1.2-1
7.1.3-2
7.1.4-1
7.1.5-1
7.2.0-1
7.2.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16524.json"