CVE-2026-72694

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-11. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A flaw was found in MRTG. When the MRTG daemon is started as a root user and subsequently drops privileges, a local, low-privileged attacker can exploit a symbolic link (symlink) following vulnerability. By influencing or pre-placing a symlink in the process ID (PID) file path, the attacker can trick the root process into changing the ownership of an arbitrary existing file to the daemon user. This can lead to local privilege escalation, allowing unauthorized access to or modification of sensitive files.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1(high)
EG Risk
32(Track)
EG Risk 32/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity71% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 11, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2460973 – (CVE-2026-72694) CVE-2026-72694 mrtg: MRTG daemon symlink-following chown allows local privilege escalation via PID file path manipulation

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460973
redhat Patch Available

CVE-2026-72694 - Red Hat Customer Portal

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or OpenShift Container Platform 4, is affected by this vulnerability and a fix may be released to a

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72694

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72694(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 36× in last 7d / 52× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 21:22 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-20 21:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-20 20:42 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-20 20:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-20 18:18 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-20 18:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-20 17:46 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-20 17:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-20 06:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-19 18:54 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-19 18:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-19 07:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-18 19:08 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-18 19:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-18 07:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-17 19:17 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-17 19:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-17 06:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-16 18:51 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-16 18:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-16 06:57 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-16 06:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-15 19:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-15 07:12 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-15 07:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-14 19:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-14 16:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-14 04:32 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-14 04:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-13 16:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-13 04:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-12 16:35 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-12 16:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-12 16:04 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-12 16:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-12 09:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-11 21:19 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-11 21:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-11 09:26 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-11 08:49 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-11 08:48 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72694?
CVE-2026-72694 is a high vulnerability published on August 11, 2026. A flaw was found in MRTG. When the MRTG daemon is started as a root user and subsequently drops privileges, a local, low-privileged attacker can exploit a symbolic link (symlink) following vulnerability. By influencing or pre-placing a symlink in the process ID (PID) file path, the attacker can…
When was CVE-2026-72694 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72694 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 11, 2026, with the most recent update on August 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72694 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72694 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 97.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72694?
CVE-2026-72694 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72694?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72694, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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