What is GHSA-f5qw-jg2q-vf56?

GHSA-f5qw-jg2q-vf56 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. A command injection flaw in PCP's linux_sockets PMDA allows malicious shell metacharacters via...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-f5qw-jg2q-vf56 cover?

GHSA-f5qw-jg2q-vf56 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16524. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-f5qw-jg2q-vf56?

GHSA-f5qw-jg2q-vf56 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-f5qw-jg2q-vf56HighCVSS 7.8

A command injection flaw in PCP's linux_sockets PMDA allows malicious shell metacharacters via...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 30, 2026

Last Modified

July 30, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16524 →

📋 Description

A command injection flaw in PCP's linux_sockets PMDA allows malicious shell metacharacters via the network.persocket.filter metric. This failed validation lets attackers execute arbitrary commands as the PMDA user when metrics refresh.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16524
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16524
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506023
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f5qw-jg2q-vf56