CVE-2026-72694

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

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, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source

Also known asEUVD-2026-55977 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.1%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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
7.1HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
32
EG Risk 32/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity71% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.1 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.1% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
3rd
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (7.1): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.1 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
7.1 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.1% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-10). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

November 5, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

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

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
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

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

Patch Availability(10)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatmrtg-0:2.17.7-10.el9_2.12026-10-28redhat
redhatmrtg-0:2.17.7-11.el9_4.12026-10-28redhat
redhatmrtg-0:2.17.7-11.el9_6.12026-10-28redhat
redhatmrtg-0:2.17.7-1.el8_4.12026-10-28redhat
redhatmrtg-0:2.17.7-1.el8_8.12026-10-28redhat
redhatmrtg-0:2.17.7-1.el8_6.12026-10-28redhat
redhatmrtg-0:2.17.10-11.el10_0.12026-10-21redhat
redhatmrtg-0:2.17.7-1.el8_10.12026-09-09redhat
redhatmrtg-0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.12026-08-20redhat
redhatmrtg-0:2.17.10-12.el10_2.12026-08-20redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mrtg2.17.10-10 ... 2.17.10-9 (14 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mrtg2.17.10-13, 2.17.10-13+deb13u1
  • every version up to 2.17.10-13+deb13u2: fixed in 2.17.10-13+deb13u2
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mrtg2.17.10-13, 2.17.10-14
  • every version up to 2.17.10-15: fixed in 2.17.10-15
—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 50× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 359 rows on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 259 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-13 16:57 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  2. 2026-11-11 16:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  3. 2026-11-11 10:07 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  4. 2026-11-11 10:07 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-11-11 10:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  6. 2026-11-10 16:45 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
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  11. 2026-11-05 16:38 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  12. 2026-11-05 00:27 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  13. 2026-11-05 00:27 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-11-05 00:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  15. 2026-11-04 23:20 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  16. 2026-11-04 23:20 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-11-04 23:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  18. 2026-11-04 16:36 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  19. 2026-11-03 16:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
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  22. 2026-10-31 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  23. 2026-10-30 18:26 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  24. 2026-10-30 18:26 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-30 18:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
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  1. 2026-10-30 17:35 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  2. 2026-10-30 17:35 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-30 17:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  4. 2026-10-30 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  5. 2026-10-29 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  6. 2026-10-28 22:18 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-28 22:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  8. 2026-10-28 21:20 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  9. 2026-10-28 21:20 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-28 21:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  11. 2026-10-28 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  12. 2026-10-28 12:54 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  13. 2026-10-28 12:54 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-28 12:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  15. 2026-10-27 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
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  22. 2026-10-21 19:28 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  23. 2026-10-21 19:28 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-21 19:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  25. 2026-10-21 18:56 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  26. 2026-10-21 18:56 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-10-21 18:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  28. 2026-10-21 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
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  30. 2026-10-19 17:51 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  31. 2026-10-19 17:51 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-10-19 17:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  33. 2026-10-19 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
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  36. 2026-10-16 16:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
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  40. 2026-10-13 08:07 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  41. 2026-10-13 08:07 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-10-13 08:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  43. 2026-10-12 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  44. 2026-10-12 15:41 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  45. 2026-10-11 19:27 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
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  48. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
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  53. 2026-10-07 06:04 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-10-07 06:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  55. 2026-10-06 18:06 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  56. 2026-10-06 18:06 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-10-06 18:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  58. 2026-10-06 15:18 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  59. 2026-10-05 18:20 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  60. 2026-10-05 18:20 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-10-05 18:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  62. 2026-10-05 17:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  63. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  64. 2026-10-04 22:48 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-10-04 22:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  66. 2026-10-04 09:31 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-10-04 09:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  68. 2026-10-03 21:38 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  69. 2026-10-03 21:38 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-10-03 21:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  71. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  72. 2026-10-02 22:30 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  73. 2026-10-02 22:30 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-10-02 22:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-pqrp-p4c6-2q4g · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  75. 2026-10-02 09:14 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72694?
CVE-2026-72694 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was 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 made public?
CVE-2026-72694 was made public on August 11, 2026: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Red Hat, Inc., gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on August 11, 2026. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of November 5, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-72694 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72694 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (3rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72694?
CVE-2026-72694 has a CVSS base score of 7.1 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72694?
A fix for CVE-2026-72694 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-72694 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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