RLSA-2026:57597
- Source
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:57597
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:57597.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2026:57597
- Upstream
- Published
- 2026-08-21T12:08:17.776256Z
- Modified
- 2026-08-21T12:30:03.565944763Z
- Severity
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- 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
- Moderate: kbd security update
- Details
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The kbd packages provide tools for managing console behavior on a Linux system, including the keyboard, screen fonts, virtual terminals, and font files.
Security Fix(es):
- kbd: Local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login (CVE-2026-72693)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
- Database specific
{ "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "source_advisory": "RHSA-2026:57597", "license": "CC-BY-4.0" }- References
- Credits
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- Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
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- Red Hat
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Affected packages
Rocky Linux:10 / kbd
Package
- Name
- kbd
- Purl
- pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/kbd?distro=rocky-linux-10&epoch=0