Synopsis
Important: mrtg security update
Description
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.
Security Fix(es):
* mrtg: MRTG daemon symlink-following chown allows local privilege escalation via PID file path manipulation (CVE-2026-72694)
For 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.
Affected products
Rocky Linux 9 aarch64
Rocky Linux 9 ppc64le
Rocky Linux 9 s390x
Rocky Linux 9 x86_64
Fixes
2460973
CVEs
CVE-2026-72694
Affected packages
Rocky Linux 9 aarch64 - AppStream
mrtg-0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.aarch64.rpm
mrtg-0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.src.rpm
mrtg-debuginfo-0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.aarch64.rpm
mrtg-debugsource-0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.aarch64.rpm
Rocky Linux 9 ppc64le - AppStream
mrtg-0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.ppc64le.rpm
mrtg-0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.src.rpm
mrtg-debuginfo-0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.ppc64le.rpm
mrtg-debugsource-0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.ppc64le.rpm
Rocky Linux 9 s390x - AppStream
mrtg-0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.s390x.rpm
mrtg-0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.src.rpm
mrtg-debuginfo-0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.s390x.rpm
mrtg-debugsource-0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.s390x.rpm
Rocky Linux 9 x86_64 - AppStream
mrtg-0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.x86_64.rpm
mrtg-debuginfo-0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.x86_64.rpm
mrtg-debugsource-0:2.17.7-12.el9_8.1.x86_64.rpm