CVE-2016-4445: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The fix_lookup_id function in sealert in setroubleshoot before 3.2.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as root by triggering an SELinux denial with a crafted file name, related to executing external commands with the commands.getstatusoutput function.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 7.0 only
• Setroubleshoot Project Setroubleshoot: up to and including 3.2.22

Published 2017-04-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.