Moderate: kbd security update

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  "id": "5443b3a35b6352b22db569c44f8bbba533c30d0dbbcfff8865eab6a8ddd51fd4",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RLSA-2026%3A78951",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Moderate: kbd security update",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:RLSA-2026:78951",
    "products": [
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        "name": {
          "value": "kbd",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0:2.0.4-11.el8_10.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
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      "id": "RLSA-2026:78951",
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
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              "database_specific": {
                "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
              }
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          "package": {
            "name": "kbd",
            "purl": "pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/kbd?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0",
            "ecosystem": "Rocky Linux:8"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:78951.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-09T06:45:02.643129365Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-72693"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:78951",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462115",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:78951"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
        "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
        "source_advisory": "RHSA-2026:78951"
      }
    },
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      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-72693",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 108716,
  "published_at": "2026-10-09T06:03:38.053+00:00"
}