{
  "cveId": "CVE-2026-72694",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72694",
  "summary": "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.",
  "title": "mrtg: A flaw was found in MRTG",
  "description": "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.",
  "published": "2026-08-11T07:28:48Z",
  "severity": "important",
  "cvss": 7.1,
  "cvssVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
  "epss": 0.0014,
  "epssPercentile": 0.03366,
  "priority": "High",
  "priorityTier": 3,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "mrtg",
      "release": "Debian 13.5 (trixie)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.17.10-13\u002Bdeb13u2",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72694",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-72694",
      "released": "2026-08-25T00:08:54Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "mrtg",
      "release": "Debian 14",
      "fixedVersion": "2.17.10-15",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72694",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-72694",
      "released": "2026-08-25T00:08:54Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "mrtg",
      "release": "Fedora 43",
      "fixedVersion": "2.17.10-13.fc43",
      "fix": "FEDORA-2026-4522F50B2C",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/fedora-2026-4522f50b2c",
      "released": "2026-08-26T07:19:11Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "mrtg",
      "release": "RHEL 10",
      "fixedVersion": "2.17.10-11.el10_0.1",
      "fix": "RHSA-2026:87255",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2026-87255",
      "released": "2026-08-21T23:39:10Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "mrtg",
      "release": "RHEL 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:2.17.7-1.el8_10.1",
      "fix": "RHSA-2026:65832",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2026-65832",
      "released": "2026-09-13T12:46:35Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "mrtg",
      "release": "RHEL 9",
      "fixedVersion": "0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1",
      "fix": "RHSA-2026:57600",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2026-57600",
      "released": "2026-08-21T23:39:10Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "mrtg",
      "release": "almalinux 10",
      "fixedVersion": "2.17.10-12.el10_2.1",
      "fix": "ALSA-2026:57596",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/alsa-2026-57596",
      "released": "2026-08-20T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "mrtg",
      "release": "almalinux 8",
      "fixedVersion": "2.17.7-1.el8_10.1",
      "fix": "ALSA-2026:65832",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/alsa-2026-65832",
      "released": "2026-09-09T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "mrtg",
      "release": "almalinux 9",
      "fixedVersion": "2.17.7-12.el9_8.1",
      "fix": "ALSA-2026:57600",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/alsa-2026-57600",
      "released": "2026-08-20T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "mrtg",
      "release": "ol 10",
      "fixedVersion": "0:2.17.10-12.el10_2.1",
      "fix": "ELSA-2026-57596",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2026-57596",
      "released": "2026-08-20T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "mrtg",
      "release": "ol 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:2.17.7-1.el8_10.1",
      "fix": "ELSA-2026-65832-0",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2026-65832-0",
      "released": "2026-09-09T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "mrtg",
      "release": "ol 9",
      "fixedVersion": "0:2.17.7-12.0.1.el9_8.1",
      "fix": "ELSA-2026-57600",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2026-57600",
      "released": "2026-08-20T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "mrtg",
      "release": "rocky 10",
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      "fix": "RLSA-2026:57596",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rlsa-2026-57596",
      "released": "2026-08-21T12:07:48Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
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      "release": "rocky 8",
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      "fix": "RLSA-2026:65832",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rlsa-2026-65832",
      "released": "2026-09-09T18:01:28Z"
    },
    {
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      "release": "rocky 9",
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      "fix": "RLSA-2026:57600",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rlsa-2026-57600",
      "released": "2026-08-21T06:06:00Z"
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    {
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      "fix": "FEDORA-2026-4522F50B2C",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/fedora-2026-4522f50b2c",
      "released": "2026-08-26T07:19:11Z"
    },
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      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/fedora-2026-4522f50b2c",
      "released": "2026-08-26T07:19:11Z"
    },
    {
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      "product": "mrtg-selinux",
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      "fix": "FEDORA-2026-4522F50B2C",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/fedora-2026-4522f50b2c",
      "released": "2026-08-26T07:19:11Z"
    },
    {
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      "product": "mrtg-selinux",
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      "fix": "ALSA-2026:57596",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/alsa-2026-57596",
      "released": "2026-08-20T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "mrtg-selinux",
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      "fix": "ELSA-2026-57596",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2026-57596",
      "released": "2026-08-20T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-09T19:38:12Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
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