Red HatCVE-2026-16313
Red Hat sg3_utils. The sg_inq command: code execution
No fix yet
A flaw was found in sg3_utils. The sg_inq command, when invoked with the --export option, outputs device identification data without sanitizing control characters in SCSI name string fields. A newline character embedded in a device-supplied name string can inject arbitrary properties into the udev device database. This could allow an attacker who can present a crafted SCSI device to execute arbitrary commands as root when the device is disconnected.
Affected versions
The source does not list versions here. See the source advisory for affected products and fixes.
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-93
- www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16313
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16313
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50141
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50142
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54769
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56130
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59397
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59555
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59567
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59568
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61260
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61261
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63041
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63044
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63100
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65851
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65907
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67157
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67935
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69124
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70586
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95508
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16313
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502845
- github.com/doug-gilbert/sg3_utils/pull/83