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CVE-2026-72693VulnerabilityPublished Updated

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-72693· High 7.8

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.

Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 20:06 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.17.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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 10 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10kbdAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8kbdAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9kbdAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9Affected–Fixed in–
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9Affected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Hardened Imageskbd-mainAffected–Fixed in–

Description

This update for kbd fixes the following issue: - CVE-2026-72693: local privilege escalation in `openvt` due to incorrect process owner verification that allows `passwordless` root login (bsc#1275441).

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