Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: pcp security update

An update for pcp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the C...

SUSE SLES15: libpcp-devel / libpcp3 / libpcp_gui2 / libpcp_import1 / libpcp_mmv1 / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:3505-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3505-1 advisory. - CVE-2026-16524: command injection in linuxsockets PMDA via network.persocket.filter bsc1272922. - CVE-2026-16526: pmdaroot...

CVE-2026-16526

A flaw in the PCP linuxsockets module exposes an unsecured internal connection. An attacker with initial code execution can exploit this to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands as root. Mitigation To mitigate this vulnerability, ensure that the linuxsockets PMDA is not configured to...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-16526

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - A flaw in the PCP linuxsockets module exposes an unsecured internal connection. An attacker with initial code execution can exploit this to escalate privileges...