RHSA-2026:73767 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: pcp security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · September 30, 2026
Updated · October 30, 2026
Topic
An update for pcp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) is a suite of tools, services, and libraries for acquisition, archiving, and analysis of system-level performance measurements. Its light-weight distributed architecture makes it particularly well-suited to centralized analysis of complex systems.
Security Fix(es):
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PCP: PCP linux_sockets PMDA: Arbitrary Command Execution via Command Injection (CVE-2026-16524)
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PCP: PCP: Privilege escalation to root via linux_sockets PMDA vulnerability (CVE-2026-16526)
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PCP: PCP pmproxy: Unauthenticated access to /store endpoint allows bypassing pmcd access rules (CVE-2026-16527)
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PCP: PCP: Denial of Service due to signed integer overflow (CVE-2026-16529)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.