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RHEL 8 : abrt (RHSA-2026:54272)

🗓️ 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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abrt on RHEL 8 has TOCTOU races and symlink following enabling arbitrary file writes.

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referenced in the RHSA-2026:54272 advisory.

    The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) recognizes defects in applications and creates bug reports that
    help maintainers fix the defects. ABRT uses a plug-in system to extend its functionality.

    Security Fix(es):

    * abrt: TOCTOU race condition in abrt-dbus SetElement allows arbitrary file writes to dump directories
    (CVE-2026-54228)

    * abrt: ChownProblemDir succeeds during active post-create event processing due to inadequate locking
    (CVE-2026-54229)

    * abrt: event handler scripts follow symlinks when writing output files, allowing arbitrary file
    overwrites (CVE-2026-54230)

    * abrt: unsanitized systemd journal content written to dump directory files enables content injection
    (CVE-2026-54231)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and
    other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
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include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.inc');
include('ksplice.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_version, rhel_version: '8')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 8.x', 'Red Hat ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
  var livepatch_source = get_one_kb_item('Host/livepatch-kernel-source');
  if (empty_or_null(livepatch_source)) livepatch_source = 'KSplice';
  rm_kb_item(name:'Host/livepatch-kernel-version');

  var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2026-54228', 'CVE-2026-54229', 'CVE-2026-54230', 'CVE-2026-54231');
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, livepatch_source + ' hotfix for RHSA-2026:54272');
  }
  else
  {
    __rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '8',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
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      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/s390x/appstream/os',
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      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
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      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'abrt-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-addon-ccpp-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-addon-coredump-helper-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-addon-pstoreoops-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-addon-vmcore-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-addon-xorg-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-cli-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-cli-ng-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-console-notification-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-dbus-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-desktop-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-gui-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-gui-libs-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-libs-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-plugin-machine-id-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-plugin-sosreport-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'abrt-tui-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-abrt-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-abrt-addon-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-abrt-container-addon-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-abrt-doc-2.10.9-26.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var repo_relative_urls;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint['repo_relative_urls'];

  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'abrt / abrt-addon-ccpp / abrt-addon-coredump-helper / etc');
}

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12 Aug 2026 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.0014
SSVC
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