CVE-2026-72694: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (exact versions not specified); +5 more affected products

CVE-2026-72694. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.1 (HIGH, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.00168 (percentile 0.05831), scored 21-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
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Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

The source says 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. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.1/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as high; availability impact as none.

Published 22-Oct-2026 01:10 UTC

CWE: CWE-59
CCR priority: 28.4 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N · Vendor/CNA
EPSS: 0.00168 · percentile 0.05831 · 2026-10-21
KEV: no

Provenance

FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-22 01:10:55.718059+00:00 UTC
GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-22 02:21:33.599910+00:00 UTC
NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-22 01:08:24.561609+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-72694.html