CVE record · CVE-2026-72694

Mrtg: mrtg daemon symlink-following chown allows local privilege escalation via pid file path manipulation

CVSS 7.1 HighEPSS 0.0014 · 3rd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 11 Aug 2026, 08:37 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: mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.17.10-12.el10_2.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support Package name: mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.17.10-11.el10_0.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.17.7-1.el8_10.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Package name: mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.17.7-1.el8_4.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On Package name: mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.17.7-1.el8_4.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Package name: mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.17.7-1.el8_6.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On Package name: mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.17.7-1.el8_6.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service Package name: mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.17.7-1.el8_8.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.17.7-1.el8_8.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.17.7-10.el9_2.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.17.7-11.el9_4.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support Package name: mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:2.17.7-11.el9_6.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Package name: mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unknown
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Package name: mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: affected

Identifiers: CVE-2026-72694
CNA: redhat
Weakness (CWE): CWE-59
Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service
Path traversal
Published: 11 Aug 2026
Updated: 4 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

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

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0014, the 3rd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

11 Aug 2026, 08:37 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-2026:57596 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57600 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65832 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:87255 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:91644 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:91843 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:91844 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:91845 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:92051 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:92071 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72694 vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460973 issue-trackingredhat

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