[ALSA-2026:57610] 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-2.4.0-12.el9_8.aarch64.rpm 15978f71f8067e97f1f1d95b06718f12fdb76715b7b4e267698c4623979775e9
noarch kbd-legacy-2.4.0-12.el9_8.noarch.rpm 37368b49a8ca6b817a6dc68af7c589e5e893a866dc7efc1826d2718466be975e
noarch kbd-misc-2.4.0-12.el9_8.noarch.rpm f296e7c7bd2f3bf4e746277ed6c357724abac605c47bec4f4232c6216a767384
ppc64le kbd-2.4.0-12.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm 243a5464292fe2af957a1d31c79aad6077428cfc448a0860f1a8cea6dfd20159
s390x kbd-2.4.0-12.el9_8.s390x.rpm 66f9f6b21ab6baa336516334821ee56b0286750d31ba53e572741c79b6c97ebc
x86_64 kbd-2.4.0-12.el9_8.x86_64.rpm e8adcab929bb7ec80aba2ddcbb4e9903472fba629714441aec1a167d5f78d5e3
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.