Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
CVE-2026-15779
A flaw was found in samba's pam_winbind. When mkhomedir is enabled, pam_winbind chowns the target account's home directory without validating the path is not a critical system directory such as /. On affected systems, accounts with / as th…
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com
- secalert@redhat.com
- secalert@redhat.com
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-15779?
- CVE-2026-15779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-07-15.
- How severe is CVE-2026-15779?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.