[ALSA-2026:57597] Moderate: kbd security update
Type:
security
Severity:
moderate
Release date:
2026-08-21
Description:
The kbd packages provide tools for managing console behavior on a Linux system, including the keyboard, screen fonts, virtual terminals, and font files. Security Fix(es): * kbd: Local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login (CVE-2026-72693) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Updated packages listed below:
Architecture Package Checksum
aarch64 kbd-2.6.4-8.el10_2.aarch64.rpm 05532970add98749242a3b5ea03e408d91417159b430949cc0263df1df2b3acc
noarch kbd-legacy-2.6.4-8.el10_2.noarch.rpm 5cee51a736ce671b613c202d20d8e0f6a95225637cbe4d50a835bcc5ad73f7d8
noarch kbd-misc-2.6.4-8.el10_2.noarch.rpm dfda76f88d7916ddce2e03f78a2e971cb8b9657c8f23bc23a2a4003929e17ad0
ppc64le kbd-2.6.4-8.el10_2.ppc64le.rpm 178f109f8c6d5b161847540a4b9ce80722456916309d90c28174e5949e8ac3e5
s390x kbd-2.6.4-8.el10_2.s390x.rpm 17fef87b76ac87c08aaad300ab56f10f4702dc4fa514ed8ea8a2bd8df0dd7f5c
x86_64 kbd-2.6.4-8.el10_2.x86_64.rpm bc6cca76a73c878949648a0d6b7659286d6d6518af73f7aaabf3b9f3199b286d
x86_64_v2 kbd-2.6.4-8.el10_2.x86_64_v2.rpm 461bbc4c77f685550177b46b615f190c605d18f75d387f5f09ff316730f1e771
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.