{"id":"RLSA-2026:57600","summary":"Important: mrtg security update","details":"The Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) monitors the traffic load on network connections. MRTG generates HTML pages containing PNG images which provide a live visual representation of this traffic.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* mrtg: MRTG daemon symlink-following chown allows local privilege escalation via PID file path manipulation (CVE-2026-72694)\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":"2026-08-21T06:30:04.269554287Z","published":"2026-08-21T06:06:00.130043Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-72694"],"database_specific":{"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","source_advisory":"RHSA-2026:57600","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:57600"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460973"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57600"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mrtg","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/mrtg?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"AppStream"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:57600.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}