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RLSA-2026:53844 (CVE-2026-44943)

Vulnerability from osv_rocky – Published: 2026-08-12 06:06 – Updated: 2026-08-26 12:11 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Important: iscsi-initiator-utils security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Details

The iscsi-initiator-utils packages provide the server daemon for the Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) protocol, as well as the utility programs used to manage it. The iSCSI protocol is a protocol for distributed disk access using SCSI commands sent over Internet Protocol (IP) networks.

Security Fix(es):

  • open-iscsi: open-iscsi: Authentication bypass in iscsiuio control socket (CVE-2026-44944)

  • open-iscsi: open-iscsi: Privilege Escalation via Path Traversal (CVE-2026-44943)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • [FJ9.7 Bug][REG]: iscsiadm reports node.discovery_type as "fw", although it should be "static". [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-191897)

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.

Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Credits
Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
Red Hat
References
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