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title: "CVE-2026-75092: leapp-upgrade-el9toel10 - Privilege Escalation"
description: "leapp-upgrade-el9toel10 contains a privilege escalation caused by mysqld running as root bypassing systemd user context, letting attackers with mysql OS identity execute code as root during upgrade, exploit requires mysql OS-level execution and admin running Leapp upgrade."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-75092/
---

# CVE-2026-75092 leapp-upgrade-el9toel10 - Privilege Escalation

leapp-upgrade-el9toel10 contains a privilege escalation caused by mysqld running as root bypassing systemd user context, letting attackers with mysql OS identity execute code as root during upgrade, exploit requires mysql OS-level execution and admin running Leapp upgrade.

CVSS base score 7.3 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.13% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75092)

## Details

Type

Privilege Escalation

Impact

Privilege Escalation, Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

15 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-250](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/250.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to a fixed version of leapp-upgrade-el9toel10 or apply vendor patches.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75092](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75092)
- [https://github.com/oamg/leapp-repository](https://github.com/oamg/leapp-repository)
- [https://github.com/oamg/leapp-repository/commit/3e4cafffc8de1600a66519b326a407f37b665356](https://github.com/oamg/leapp-repository/commit/3e4cafffc8de1600a66519b326a407f37b665356)
- [https://github.com/oamg/leapp-repository/pull/1343](https://github.com/oamg/leapp-repository/pull/1343)
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67608](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67608)
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67609](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67609)
- [https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-75092](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-75092)
- [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show\_bug.cgi?id=2517499](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2517499)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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