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Pcp: pcp: privilege escalation to root via linux_sockets pmda vulnerability (Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10)

CVE-2026-16526
HIGH 8.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.57 % · percentile 47 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
redhat
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

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Description

A flaw in the PCP linux_sockets module exposes an unsecured internal connection. An attacker with initial code execution can exploit this to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands as root.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-403 — Exposure of File Descriptor to Unintended Control Sphere

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hredhat
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10unaffected 0:7.0.3-5.el10_2 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Supportunaffected 0:6.3.7-1.el10_0.1 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8unaffected 0:5.3.7-22.el8_10.5 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportunaffected 0:5.2.5-8.el8_4.1 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-Onunaffected 0:5.2.5-8.el8_4.1 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportunaffected 0:5.3.5-10.el8_6.1 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-Onunaffected 0:5.3.5-10.el8_6.1 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Serviceunaffected 0:5.3.7-19.el8_8.1 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:5.3.7-19.el8_8.1 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9unaffected 0:6.3.7-8.el9_8.4 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:6.0.1-8.el9_2.2 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:6.2.0-5.el9_4.2 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Supportunaffected 0:6.3.7-1.el9_6.1 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD