Bug 2506037 (CVE-2026-16531) - CVE-2026-16531 PCP: PCP: Arbitrary file creation via path traversal in pmproxy logger servlet
Summary: CVE-2026-16531 PCP: PCP: Arbitrary file creation via path traversal in pmprox...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-16531
Deadline: 2026-07-30
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-07-22 08:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-10 11:47 UTC (History)
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:97299 0 None None None 2026-11-10 11:47:48 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-22 08:02:01 UTC
Summary: The pmproxy logger servlet (POST /logger/label) accepts a binary __pmLogLabel
PDU from any unauthenticated HTTP client and uses the hostname field to construct an
archive file path without sanitization. An attacker can supply hostname='../../../target/dir'
causing pmproxy to create files and directory trees at arbitrary paths accessible to the pcp
process user. The logger servlet is registered unconditionally in http.c:1326 - it is always
active regardless of pmproxy configuration.
Prerequisites: pmproxy reachable on TCP 44322. No authentication required. The logger
servlet has no authentication check.

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2026-11-10 11:47:47 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:97299 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:97299


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