[ALSA-2026:78951] Moderate: kbd security update
Type:
security
Severity:
moderate
Release date:
2026-10-09
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-2.0.4-11.el8_10.1.aarch64.rpm 0164d712b1f79fdddd2a40f4794b09602d0e126aaff1878124d92bb94b68f274
noarch kbd-legacy-2.0.4-11.el8_10.1.noarch.rpm 162a08ec29e3847feea2b2ea5b6623a15ce75936b8c242b8d303f80e81621196
noarch kbd-misc-2.0.4-11.el8_10.1.noarch.rpm cec9d88f0dba3aecebc655a0f3dfcea4a4681bfad7800f2a3f7aebfe8ee8ee92
ppc64le kbd-2.0.4-11.el8_10.1.ppc64le.rpm a92a76e4aa77c2f7318af7f2f78d162dcc16e5283d25d23cabb7076119abad80
s390x kbd-2.0.4-11.el8_10.1.s390x.rpm 1fc62d331badc72e88088bec8d8e858441e4a66b0fefa6531c1f717c956ba00b
x86_64 kbd-2.0.4-11.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm 07f842c3d2dde44219f17167361b3c32ac3d13d699f01c1f1834c863cf75d051
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.