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mrtg: MRTG daemon symlink-following chown allows local privilege escalation via PID file path manipulation

🗓️ 20 Aug 2026 18:27:03Reported by RedHatType 
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MRTG daemon symlink-following chown in PID file path allows local root privilege escalation.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.8aarch64mrtg2.17.7-12.el9_8.1mrtg-2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.aarch64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.8ppc64lemrtg2.17.7-12.el9_8.1mrtg-2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.ppc64le.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.8s390xmrtg2.17.7-12.el9_8.1mrtg-2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.8x86_64mrtg2.17.7-12.el9_8.1mrtg-2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.8aarch64mrtg-debuginfo2.17.7-12.el9_8.1mrtg-debuginfo-2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.aarch64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.8ppc64lemrtg-debuginfo2.17.7-12.el9_8.1mrtg-debuginfo-2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.ppc64le.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.8s390xmrtg-debuginfo2.17.7-12.el9_8.1mrtg-debuginfo-2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.8x86_64mrtg-debuginfo2.17.7-12.el9_8.1mrtg-debuginfo-2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.8aarch64mrtg-debugsource2.17.7-12.el9_8.1mrtg-debugsource-2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.aarch64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.8ppc64lemrtg-debugsource2.17.7-12.el9_8.1mrtg-debugsource-2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.ppc64le.rpm
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09 Sep 2026 09:12Current
5.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.6
CVSS 3.17.1
EPSS0.00129
SSVC
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