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AlmaLinux 10 : mrtg (ALSA-2026:57596)

high Nessus Plugin ID 339126

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Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2026:57596 advisory.

 * mrtg: MRTG daemon symlink-following chown allows local privilege escalation via PID file path manipulation (CVE-2026-72694)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected mrtg and / or mrtg-selinux packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57596

https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-57596.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 339126

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-57596.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/24/2026

Updated: 8/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.53

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-72694

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:10, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mrtg-selinux, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mrtg

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-72694

CWE: 59

RHSA: 2026:57596