Bug 2508412 (CVE-2026-44944)

Summary: CVE-2026-44944 open-iscsi: open-iscsi: Authentication bypass in iscsiuio control socket
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A flaw was found in open-iscsi. An incorrect authorization vulnerability allows unprivileged local users to bypass authentication for the iscsiuio control socket. This enables unauthorized access to the control socket, potentially leading to system compromise or disruption of iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) operations.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-29 14:01:55 UTC
An Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in open-iscsi allows unprivilidged local users to use the isscsiuio control socket.






This issue affects open-iscsi: from ? through 668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e.

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-11 20:13:17 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:53845 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53845

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-11 20:50:55 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:53844 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53844