SUSE-SU-2026:4211-1 Security update for kbd

This update for kbd fixes the following issue: - CVE-2026-72693: local privilege escalation in openvt due to incorrect process owner verification that allows passwordless root login bsc1275441...

MiracleLinux 9 : kbd-2.4.0-12.el9_8 (AXSA:2026-1640:01)

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2026-1640:01 advisory. kbd: Local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login CVE-2026-72693 Tenable has extracted the...

Kbd: local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login

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RLSA-2026:57597 Moderate: kbd security update

The kbd packages provide tools for managing console behavior on a Linux system, including the keyboard, screen fonts, virtual terminals, and font files. Security Fixes: kbd: Local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login CVE-2026-726...

kbd security update

An update is available for kbd. This update affects Rocky Linux 10. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list The kbd packages provide tools for managing console behavior on a Linux system,...

RockyLinux 9 : kbd (RLSA-2026:57610)

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:57610 advisory. kbd: Local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login CVE-2026-72693 Tenable has extracted the...

AlmaLinux 9 : kbd (ALSA-2026:57610)

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2026:57610 advisory. kbd: Local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login CVE-2026-72693 Tenable has extracted the...

AlmaLinux 10 : kbd (ALSA-2026:57597)

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2026:57597 advisory. kbd: Local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login CVE-2026-72693 Tenable has extracted the...

RockyLinux 10 : kbd (RLSA-2026:57597)

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:57597 advisory. kbd: Local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login CVE-2026-72693 Tenable has extracted the...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kbd security update

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

kbd: Local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login

openvt -u is intended to identify the owner of the current VT and then execute login as that user from a privileged context. In the documented kbrequest/init usage, the ownership test in authenticateuser relies on stat"/proc//fd/0". stat on /proc//fd/0 follows the symlink to the underlying TTY...

Moderate: kbd security update

The kbd packages provide tools for managing console behavior on a Linux system, including the keyboard, screen fonts, virtual terminals, and font files. Security Fixes: kbd: Local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login CVE-2026-726...

ALSA-2026:57597 Moderate: kbd security update

The kbd packages provide tools for managing console behavior on a Linux system, including the keyboard, screen fonts, virtual terminals, and font files. Security Fixes: kbd: Local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login CVE-2026-726...

RHEL 10 : kbd (RHSA-2026:57597)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:57597 advisory. The kbd packages provide tools for managing console behavior on a Linux system, including the keyboard, screen fonts, virtual terminals, and font...

RHEL 9 : kbd (RHSA-2026:57610)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:57610 advisory. The kbd packages provide tools for managing console behavior on a Linux system, including the keyboard, screen fonts, virtual terminals, and font...

ALSA-2026:57610 Moderate: kbd security update

The kbd packages provide tools for managing console behavior on a Linux system, including the keyboard, screen fonts, virtual terminals, and font files. Security Fixes: kbd: Local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login CVE-2026-726...

CVE-2026-72693

CVE-2026-72693 describes a privilege-escalation path in deployments using openvt -u with kbrequest/init. The root cause is an ownership check in authenticate_user() that uses stat("/proc//fd/0"), which follows the fd to the TTY node and reports the TTY owner instead of the process owner. If the T...

EUVD-2026-55030

The Login & Register Forms WordPress plugin before 4.0.2 does not verify that a password reset request comes from the account's owner, and does not adequately redact the address returned in its response, allowing unauthenticated users to obtain registered users' email addresses, including...

PT-2026-56299

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Better Auth versions prior to 1.6.11 Better Auth versions 1.6.14 and later Description An issue exists in the organization plugin where the acceptInvitation, rejectInvitation, getInvitation, and listUserInvitations endpoints do not sufficientl...

PT-2026-55509

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Quiz and Survey Master QSM – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker versions prior to 11.1.5 Description An authorization bypass exists because the plugin fails to properly verify if a user is authorized to perform specific actions. Authenticated attacker...