Summary
Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow local users with certain permissions to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file with a predictable name. The impacted product(s) could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users are advised to discontinue use and/or transition to a supported version.
- Vendor
- Red Hat
- Product
- Automatic Bug Reporting Tool
- Added to KEV
- Aug 26, 2026
- Remediation due
- Sep 9, 2026 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- EPSS
- 5.0% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References