{"id":"ALSA-2026:78951","summary":"Moderate: kbd security update","details":"The kbd packages provide tools for managing console behavior on a Linux system, including the keyboard, screen fonts, virtual terminals, and font files.  \n\nSecurity Fix(es):  \n\n  * kbd: Local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login (CVE-2026-72693)\n\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n","modified":"2026-10-09T12:00:04.199072655Z","published":"2026-10-08T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2026-72693"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:78951"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72693"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2462115"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-78951.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kbd","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/kbd"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.4-11.el8_10.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2026:78951.json"}},{"package":{"name":"kbd-legacy","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/kbd-legacy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.4-11.el8_10.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2026:78951.json"}},{"package":{"name":"kbd-misc","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/kbd-misc"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.4-11.el8_10.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2026:78951.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}