Moderate: kbd security update

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-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:ALSA-2026:78951",
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          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
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            "value": "2.0.4-11.el8_10.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
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      {
        "name": {
          "value": "kbd-legacy",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
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            "purl": "pkg:rpm/almalinux/kbd",
            "ecosystem": "AlmaLinux:8"
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          },
          "database_specific": {
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            "purl": "pkg:rpm/almalinux/kbd-misc",
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-09T12:00:04.199072655Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:78951",
        "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72693",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2462115",
        "https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-78951.html"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 120647,
  "published_at": "2026-10-08T00:00:00+00:00"
}