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RHSA-2026:57596

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2026-08-20 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-16 18:45
Summary
security update for mrtg
Severity
Important
Notes
Title of the patch: security update for mrtg
Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2026:57596. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57596.
Patchnames: RHSA-2026:57596
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2026-72694
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 10:mrtg-2.17.10-12.el10_2.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 10:mrtg-selinux-2.17.10-12.el10_2.1.noarch —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important
References
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