CVE-2026-16524
HIGH
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.05
BB Relevance:
41/100
Published: 2026-07-30
Modified: 2026-11-04
First seen: 2026-11-04
Status: active
Attack Surface
Low Complexity
No Interaction
Conf. Impact
Integ. Impact
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Local
AC:
Low
PR:
Low
UI:
None
S:
Unchanged
C:
High
I:
High
A:
High
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.