RLSA-2026:57600

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:57600
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:57600.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2026:57600
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-72694
Published
2026-08-21T06:06:00.130043Z
Modified
2026-08-21T06:30:04.269554287Z
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
Important: mrtg security update
Details

The Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) monitors the traffic load on network connections. MRTG generates HTML pages containing PNG images which provide a live visual representation of this traffic.

Security Fix(es):

  • mrtg: MRTG daemon symlink-following chown allows local privilege escalation via PID file path manipulation (CVE-2026-72694)

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-2026:57600",
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0"
}
References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:9 / mrtg

Package

Name
mrtg
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/mrtg?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1
Database specific
Show details
{
    "yum_repository": "AppStream"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:57600.json"