CVE-2026-16531

medium

Description

An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the PCP pmproxy logger servlet using a crafted hostname. This allows arbitrary file and directory creation, potentially leading to a denial of service.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-50980

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506037

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16531

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-30

Updated: 2026-08-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N