Red Hat Enterprise Linux (mrtg, kbd, urwid): Mehrere Schwachstellen
WID-SEC-2026-2961 · first 21.08.2026 · updated 29.10.2026 · CVSS 8,1
What it is about
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution. Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, Daten zu manipulieren oder offenzulegen und einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen.
Under what conditions?
The BSI does not name any particular preconditions. Exploitable remotely according to the BSI.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- seine Privilegien zu erhöhen
- beliebigen Code auszuführen
- Daten zu manipulieren oder offenzulegen
- einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Debian Linux
- Amazon Linux 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Fedora Linux
- RESF Rocky Linux
- SUSE Linux
- SUSE openSUSE
- Ubuntu Linux
- Oracle Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hardened Images RPMs
and 2 more
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Install the updates provided by the vendor; details in the sources below.
Is the vulnerability already being exploited?
None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.
Information and sources
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:57596 vom 2026-08-20 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:57600 vom 2026-08-20 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:41136 vom 2026-08-20 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:57597 vom 2026-08-20 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:57610 vom 2026-08-20 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:57637 vom 2026-08-20 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:57638 vom 2026-08-20 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-57597 vom 2026-08-21 linux.oracle.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-57610 vom 2026-08-21 linux.oracle.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:58561 vom 2026-08-24 access.redhat.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:57597 vom 2026-08-21 errata.build.resf.org
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:57596 vom 2026-08-21 errata.build.resf.org
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:58562 vom 2026-08-24 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:58954 vom 2026-08-24 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:58953 vom 2026-08-24 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-57596 vom 2026-08-24 linux.oracle.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:58562 vom 2026-08-24 errata.build.resf.org
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:58952 vom 2026-08-24 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-57600 vom 2026-08-25 oss.oracle.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:58955 vom 2026-08-24 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:59198 vom 2026-08-24 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-58561 vom 2026-08-25 oss.oracle.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:58561 vom 2026-08-24 errata.build.resf.org
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-58562 vom 2026-08-25 linux.oracle.com
- Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2026-C2DBA9F29D vom 2026-08-26 bodhi.fedoraproject.org
and 27 more sources in the original advisory
CVE: CVE-2026-72694, CVE-2026-72693, CVE-2026-9323
Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.