mrtg: A flaw was found in MRTG
CVE-2026-72694 is fixed in 4 products on 1 platform, first by ALSA-2026:57596, released August 20, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
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.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| mrtg · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 2.17.10-13+deb13u2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72694 | Aug 25, 2026 |
| mrtg · Debian 14 | 2.17.10-15 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72694 | Aug 25, 2026 |
| mrtg · Fedora 43 | 2.17.10-13.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-4522F50B2C | Aug 26, 2026 |
| mrtg · RHEL 10 | 2.17.10-11.el10_0.1 | RHSA-2026:87255 | Aug 21, 2026 |
| mrtg · RHEL 8 | 0:2.17.7-1.el8_10.1 | RHSA-2026:65832 | Sep 13, 2026 |
| mrtg · RHEL 9 | 0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1 | RHSA-2026:57600 | Aug 21, 2026 |
| mrtg · almalinux 10 | 2.17.10-12.el10_2.1 | ALSA-2026:57596 | Aug 20, 2026 |
| mrtg · almalinux 8 | 2.17.7-1.el8_10.1 | ALSA-2026:65832 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| mrtg · almalinux 9 | 2.17.7-12.el9_8.1 | ALSA-2026:57600 | Aug 20, 2026 |
| mrtg · ol 10 | 0:2.17.10-12.el10_2.1 | ELSA-2026-57596 | Aug 20, 2026 |
| mrtg · ol 8 | 0:2.17.7-1.el8_10.1 | ELSA-2026-65832-0 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| mrtg · ol 9 | 0:2.17.7-12.0.1.el9_8.1 | ELSA-2026-57600 | Aug 20, 2026 |
| mrtg · rocky 10 | 0:2.17.10-12.el10_2.1 | RLSA-2026:57596 | Aug 21, 2026 |
| mrtg · rocky 8 | 0:2.17.7-1.el8_10.1 | RLSA-2026:65832 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| mrtg · rocky 9 | 0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1 | RLSA-2026:57600 | Aug 21, 2026 |
| mrtg-debuginfo · Fedora 43 | 2.17.10-13.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-4522F50B2C | Aug 26, 2026 |
| mrtg-debugsource · Fedora 43 | 2.17.10-13.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-4522F50B2C | Aug 26, 2026 |
| mrtg-selinux · Fedora 43 | 2.17.10-13.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-4522F50B2C | Aug 26, 2026 |
| mrtg-selinux · almalinux 10 | 2.17.10-12.el10_2.1 | ALSA-2026:57596 | Aug 20, 2026 |
| mrtg-selinux · ol 10 | 0:2.17.10-12.el10_2.1 | ELSA-2026-57596 | Aug 20, 2026 |
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