CVE-2026-54231

MEDIUM

Abrt: unsanitized systemd journal content written to dump directory files enables content injection

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

A content injection vulnerability was found in the ABRT post-create event handler scripts in libreport. The event script queries the systemd journal for log entries matching the crashed process and writes the results to files in the dump directory without sanitizing embedded control characters. A local user can inject arbitrary content into the journal output by embedding newline characters in syslog messages, controlling the content that root writes to dump directory files.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vdb Entry, X_Refsource_Redhat vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-54231
Issue Tracking, X_Refsource_Redhat issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat
RHBZ#2488571
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488571

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-74
Status published
Products (3)
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Published Jun 13, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 13, 2026