Medium severity · published Jun 13, 2026
CVE-2026-54231
Abrt: unsanitized systemd journal content written to dump directory files enables content injection
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
AB
Automatic Bug Reporting Tool · Redhat
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
43; 44 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54231
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54231
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54272
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69115
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69116
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69117
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-54231
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488571
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