CVE-2026-16526

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.57% (47th) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A flaw in the PCP linux_sockets module exposes an unsecured internal connection. An attacker with initial code execution can exploit this to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands as root.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-403US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
IBM IBM QRadar SIEM <7.5.0 UP16 IF01< 7.5.0 UP16 IF01cert_bundDE
IBM IBM QRadar SIEM <7.6.0.3< 7.6.0.3cert_bundDE
IBM QRadar SIEM< 7.5.0 UP16 IF01cert_bundDE
IBM QRadar SIEM< 7.6.0.3cert_bundDE
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8< 0:5.3.7-22.el8_10.5enisa_euvdEU

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-2868Red Hat Enterprise Linux (pcp): Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-08-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (pcp) ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, und um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2026-3595IBM QRadar SIEM: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-09-27csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM QRadar SIEM ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen und um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-07-30modified 2026-10-02

references (17)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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