high7.8
CVE-2026-16524
A command injection flaw in PCP's linux_sockets PMDA allows malicious shell metacharacters via the network.persocket.filter metric.
Impact
A command injection flaw in PCP's linux_sockets PMDA allows malicious shell metacharacters via the network.persocket.filter metric. This failed validation lets attackers execute arbitrary commands as the PMDA user when metrics refresh.
Affected packages
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Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55560
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55617
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55740
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72272
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72273
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72593
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72594
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73767
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74612
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74613
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16524
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506023