High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 30, 2026· Updated Aug 4, 2026

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.

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Affected products

PCP/linux_sockets PMDAllm-create

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16524nvd
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd

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