{"schema_version": "1.7.0", "id": "RLSA-2026:53844", "modified": "2026-08-12T06:12:32.095200Z", "published": "2026-08-12T06:06:45.472446Z", "upstream": ["CVE-2026-44943", "CVE-2026-44944"], "summary": "Important: iscsi-initiator-utils security, bug fix, and enhancement update", "details": "The iscsi-initiator-utils packages provide the server daemon for the Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) protocol, as well as the utility programs used to manage it. The iSCSI protocol is a protocol for distributed disk access using SCSI commands sent over Internet Protocol (IP) networks.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* open-iscsi: open-iscsi: Authentication bypass in iscsiuio control socket (CVE-2026-44944)\n\n* open-iscsi: open-iscsi: Privilege Escalation via Path Traversal (CVE-2026-44943)\n\nBug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):\n\n* [FJ9.7 Bug][REG]: iscsiadm reports node.discovery_type as \"fw\", although it should be \"static\". [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-191897)\n\nFor 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.", "severity": [{"type": "CVSS_V3", "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N"}], "affected": [{"package": {"ecosystem": "Rocky Linux:9", "name": "iscsi-initiator-utils", "purl": "pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/iscsi-initiator-utils?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0"}, "ranges": [{"type": "ECOSYSTEM", "events": [{"introduced": "0"}, {"fixed": "0:6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el9_8.2"}], "database_specific": {"yum_repository": "BaseOS"}}]}], "references": [{"type": "ADVISORY", "url": "https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:53844"}, {"type": "REPORT", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2508412"}, {"type": "REPORT", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2508419"}, {"type": "ADVISORY", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53844"}], "credits": [{"name": "Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"}, {"name": "Red Hat"}], "database_specific": {"license": "CC-BY-4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "source_advisory": "RHSA-2026:53844"}}