CVE record · CVE-2026-72693

Kbd: local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0011 · 1st percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 11 Aug 2026, 08:39 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Package name: kbd https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.6.4-8.el10_2 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: kbd https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.0.4-11.el8_10.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: kbd https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.4.0-12.el9_8 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 4.22.9.8.202608251819-0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 4.22.9.8.202609081748-0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Hardened Images Package name: kbd-main https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 2.10.0-2.hum1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Package name: kbd https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unknown
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Package name: kbd https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: affected

Identifiers: CVE-2026-72693
CNA: redhat
Weakness (CWE): CWE-284
Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22
Red Hat Hardened Images
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Broken access control
Published: 11 Aug 2026
Updated: 5 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0011, the 1st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

11 Aug 2026, 08:39 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
11 Aug 2026, 09:17 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41136 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57597 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57610 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60440 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66357 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:78951 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72693 vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462115 issue-trackingredhat

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