Red Hat Enterprise Linux/OpenShift Container Platform xfs_admin os command injection

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift Container Platform. It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown part of the component xfs_admin. The manipulation leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-108472. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift Container Platform (unknown version) and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component xfs_admin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command before it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in the xfs_admin utility in xfsprogs. The tool does not properly validate user-supplied parameters, allowing operating system command injection. A local attacker can exploit this issue by providing crafted input arguments, which may result in arbitrary command execution and local privilege escalation depending on how xfs_admin is executed.

The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-108472 since 10/10/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/11/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Operating System

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• Red Hat

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• Enterprise Linux
• OpenShift Container Platform

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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