CVE-2026-16527
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
An unauthenticated remote attacker can bypass access controls by sending crafted requests to the PCP pmproxy /store endpoint. This allows the attacker to overwrite any PMDA metric, leading to arbitrary code execution and system takeover.
Affected Software
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Weaknesses
Workarounds
To mitigate this issue, restrict network access to the pmproxy service (port 44322/TCP) to trusted hosts only using firewall rules. If pmproxy functionality is not required, disable the service. Disabling the service will prevent remote access to performance metrics via pmproxy. To disable the service, run: sudo systemctl stop pmproxy and sudo systemctl disable pmproxy. If firewalling, ensure to reload the firewall rules after making changes.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16527
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506031
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