DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72694

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-72694
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72694.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72694
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-72694
Published
2026-08-11T09:17:14Z
Modified
2026-09-12T10:00:22Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in MRTG. When the MRTG daemon is started as a root user and subsequently drops privileges, a local, low-privileged attacker can exploit a symbolic link (symlink) following vulnerability. By influencing or pre-placing a symlink in the process ID (PID) file path, the attacker can trick the root process into changing the ownership of an arbitrary existing file to the daemon user. This can lead to local privilege escalation, allowing unauthorized access to or modification of sensitive files.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / mrtg

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.17.10-5
2.17.10-5+deb12u1
2.17.10-5+deb12u2
2.17.10-6
2.17.10-7
2.17.10-8
2.17.10-9
2.17.10-10
2.17.10-11
2.17.10-12
2.17.10-13
2.17.10-14
2.17.10-15
2.17.10-16

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72694.json"

Debian:13 / mrtg

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.17.10-13+deb13u2

Affected versions

2.*
2.17.10-13
2.17.10-13+deb13u1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72694.json"

Debian:14 / mrtg

Package

Name
mrtg
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mrtg?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.17.10-15

Affected versions

2.*
2.17.10-13
2.17.10-14

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72694.json"