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.

CVSS Vector

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16524
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506023