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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16524

A command injection flaw in PCP's linux_sockets PMDA allows malicious shell metacharacters via the network.persocket.filter metric. This failed valida...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A command injection flaw in PCP's linux_sockets PMDA allows malicious shell metacharacters via the network.persocket.filter metric. This failed validation lets attackers execute arbitrary commands as the PMDA user when metrics refresh.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 pcp

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:13 pcp

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org