CVE-2026-72694

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.

High
CVSS
7.1
important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0014
3rd percentile

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

ProductFixed inFixReleased
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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