{"id":"RLSA-2026:53844","summary":"Important: iscsi-initiator-utils security, bug fix, and enhancement update","details":"The iscsi-initiator-utils packages provide the server daemon for the Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) protocol, as well as the utility programs used to manage it. The iSCSI protocol is a protocol for distributed disk access using SCSI commands sent over Internet Protocol (IP) networks.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* open-iscsi: open-iscsi: Authentication bypass in iscsiuio control socket (CVE-2026-44944)\n\n* open-iscsi: open-iscsi: Privilege Escalation via Path Traversal (CVE-2026-44943)\n\nBug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):\n\n* [FJ9.7 Bug][REG]: iscsiadm reports node.discovery_type as \"fw\", although it should be \"static\". [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-191897)\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.","modified":"2026-08-12T06:30:03.114205309Z","published":"2026-08-12T06:06:45.472446Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-44943","CVE-2026-44944"],"database_specific":{"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","source_advisory":"RHSA-2026:53844","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:53844"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2508412"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2508419"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53844"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"iscsi-initiator-utils","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/iscsi-initiator-utils?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el9_8.2"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:53844.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}