Red Hat Security Advisory

RHSA-2026:78951

kbd security update

Released 2026-10-08 · Red Hat rating Moderate · View on Red Hat →

Fixed in

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) kbd-2.0.4-11.el8_10.1, kbd-legacy-2.0.4-11.el8_10.1, kbd-misc-2.0.4-11.el8_10.1

TI-2026-50931 CVE-2026-72693 · GHSA-6766-cx7r-c5q6

LOW 35

`openvt -u` is intended to identify the owner of the current VT and then execute `login` as that user from a privileged context.

CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8 Local Low privileges No interaction EPSS 0.00148 Published 2026-08-11 Partial fix · 2.6.4-8.el10_2, 2.0.4-11.el8_10.1 +4 CWE-284