Issued at: 2026-10-09
Updated at: 2026-10-09
Advisory content derived from Red Hat RHSA-2026:78951, © Red Hat, Inc., used under CC BY 4.0, with modifications.
Synopsis
Moderate: kbd security update
Description
The kbd packages provide tools for managing console behavior on a Linux system, including the keyboard, screen fonts, virtual terminals, and font files.
Security Fix(es):
* kbd: Local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login (CVE-2026-72693)
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.