CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-16526
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Awaiting Analysis
- Published
- 2026-07-30
- Last modified
- 2026-10-02
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-403
Description
A flaw in the PCP linux_sockets module exposes an unsecured internal connection.
An attacker with initial code execution can exploit this to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands as root.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-403 Exposure of File Descriptor to Unintended Control Sphere weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55560 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55617 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55740 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72272 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72273 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72593 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72594 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73767 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74612 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74613 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16526 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506026 bugzilla.redhat.com