Security Advisory catalog CVE-2026-72694 Historical advisory recorded 28 Oct 2026 23:55:13 UTC. Read the latest advisory .
cve-program · CVE-2026-72694 Published
A flaw was found in MRTG. When the MRTG daemon is started as a root user and subsequently drops privileges, a local, low-privileged attacker can exploit a symbolic link (symlink) following vulnerability. By influencing or pre-placing a symlink in the process ID (PID) file path, the attacker can trick the root process into changing the ownership of an arbitrary existing file to the daemon user. This can lead to local privilege escalation, allowing unauthorized access to or modification of sensitive files.
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cve-program · CVE-2026-72694 Published mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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}
],
"cpes": [
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]
} mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Publisher's version information Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.
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]
} mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
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]
} mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support",
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} mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On",
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} mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
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} mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions",
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} mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Publisher's version information Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.
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} mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Publisher's version information Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.
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"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"packageName": "mrtg",
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"cpes": [
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]
} mrtg https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Publisher's version information Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.
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} Original source record · Cite this exact observation · Complete original publisher JSON