CVE-2026-78408: high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Cost Management On-Premise 1
Util-linux: util-linux: nsenter --join-cgroup leaks root cgroup migration authority
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.9epss 0.2%
The nsenter --join-cgroup option opens the target cgroup.procs file as root and leaves that file descriptor open across later namespace and credential changes and across execve(). Because the kernel checks later cgroup migrations using the credentials from the original open, a program run in an attacker-controlled target can inherit root's ability to move host processes between cgroups. After a privileged operator uses --join-cgroup against that target, an unprivileged user can migrate and terminate unrelated root processes.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Cost Management On-Premise 1Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat · Red Hat Hardened ImagesRed Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5Related CVEs — Red Hat Cost Management On-Premise 1
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References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63162https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:93461https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95365https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-78408https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2522497https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/security/advisories/GHSA-55fx-f4gg-cfhjhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/05/2