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CVE-2026-72694VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: mrtg security update

Affects Red Hat mrtgSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-72694· High 7.1

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 22:58 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.1High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.17.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10mrtgAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update SupportmrtgAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8mrtgAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportmrtgAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-OnmrtgAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportmrtgAffected–Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an official security update for MRTG in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 that addresses this vulnerability. Users should apply the update mrtg-2.17.7-10.el9_2.1 or later as provided by Red Hat to remediate this issue. Refer to Red Hat's official article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for update instructions. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the vendor-provided patch.

Description

A security vulnerability in the Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) daemon allows local privilege escalation via symlink-following chown operations on the PID file path. This flaw enables a local attacker to manipulate the PID file path and escalate privileges on affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 systems. Red Hat has issued a security update to address this issue.

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