Vulnerability · Published Jul 30, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-16526Pcp: pcp: privilege escalation to root via linux_sockets pmda vulnerability

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw in the PCP linux_sockets module exposes an unsecured internal connection. An attacker with initial code execution can exploit this to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands as root.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:10pcp7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:9pcp6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-conf7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-conf5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-conf6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-devel7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-devel5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-devel6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-doc7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-doc5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-doc6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-export-pcp2elasticsearch7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-export-pcp2elasticsearch5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-export-pcp2elasticsearch6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-export-pcp2graphite7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-export-pcp2graphite5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-export-pcp2graphite6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-export-pcp2influxdb7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-export-pcp2influxdb5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-export-pcp2influxdb6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-export-pcp2json7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-export-pcp2json5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-export-pcp2json6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-export-pcp2openmetrics7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:9pcp-export-pcp2openmetrics6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-export-pcp2opentelemetry7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:10pcp-export-pcp2spark7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-export-pcp2spark5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-export-pcp2spark6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-export-pcp2xml7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-export-pcp2xml5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-export-pcp2xml6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-export-pcp2zabbix7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-export-pcp2zabbix5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-export-pcp2zabbix6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-export-zabbix-agent7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-export-zabbix-agent5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-export-zabbix-agent6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-geolocate7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:9pcp-geolocate6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-gui7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-gui5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-gui6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-import-benchmarks7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:10pcp-import-collectl2pcp7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-import-collectl2pcp5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-import-collectl2pcp6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-import-ganglia2pcp7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-import-ganglia2pcp5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-import-ganglia2pcp6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-import-iostat2pcp7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-import-iostat2pcp5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-import-iostat2pcp6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-import-mrtg2pcp7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:9pcp-import-mrtg2pcp6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-import-pmseries7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:10pcp-import-sar2pcp7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-import-sar2pcp5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-import-sar2pcp6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-libs7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-libs5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-libs6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-libs-devel7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:9pcp-libs-devel6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-activemq7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-activemq5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-activemq6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-amdgpu7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-amdgpu6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-apache7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-apache5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-apache6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-bash7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-bash5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-bash6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-bcc7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-bcc5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-bcc6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-bind27.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-bind26.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-bonding7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-bonding5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-bonding6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-bpf7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-bpf6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-bpftrace7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-bpftrace5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-bpftrace6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-cifs7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-cifs6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-cisco7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-cisco5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-cisco6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-dbping7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-dbping5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-dbping6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-denki7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-denki5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-denki6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-dm7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-dm5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-dm6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-docker7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-docker5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-docker6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-ds3897.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-ds3895.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-ds3896.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-ds389log7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-ds389log5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-ds389log6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-elasticsearch7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-elasticsearch5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-elasticsearch6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-farm7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-farm6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-gfs25.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-gfs26.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-gluster7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-gluster5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-gluster6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-gpfs7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-gpfs5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-gpfs6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-gpsd7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-gpsd6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-hacluster7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-hacluster5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-hacluster6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-haproxy7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-haproxy5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-haproxy6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-hdb7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-infiniband7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-infiniband5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-infiniband6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-json5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-json6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-libvirt7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-libvirt5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-libvirt6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-lio7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-lio5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-lio6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-lmsensors7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-lmsensors5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-lmsensors6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-logger7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-logger6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-lustre7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-lustre5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-lustre6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-lustrecomm7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-lustrecomm5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-lustrecomm6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-mailq7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-mailq5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-mailq6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-memcache7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-memcache5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-memcache6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-mic7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-mic5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-mic6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-mongodb7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-mongodb6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-mounts7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-mounts6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-mssql7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-mssql5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-mssql6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-mysql7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-mysql5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-mysql6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-named7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-named5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-named6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-netcheck7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-netcheck5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-netcheck6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-netfilter7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-netfilter5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-netfilter6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-news7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-news5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-news6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-nfsclient7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-nfsclient5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-nfsclient6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-nginx7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-nginx6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-openmetrics7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-openmetrics5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-openmetrics6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-opentelemetry7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:10pcp-pmda-openvswitch7.0.3-5.el10_2ALSA-2026:55617
AlmaLinux:8pcp-pmda-openvswitch5.3.7-22.el8_10.5ALSA-2026:55560
AlmaLinux:9pcp-pmda-openvswitch6.3.7-8.el9_8.4ALSA-2026:55740

Affected products (as reported)

Weakness: CWE-403 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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