CVE-2026-16524

HIGH SEVERITY

CVSS Score & Metrics

Base Score

7.8 / 10

Vector String

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

Vulnerability Description

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.

Vulnerability Details

Published Date

July 30, 2026

Last Modified

July 30, 2026

CWE ID

CWE-78

Source

NVD

Vendor

Red Hat

Product

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

External References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16524
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506023

CVE-2026-16524

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