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CVE-2026-124737: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Out-of-bounds Write

Affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High.

Data as of 11 Nov 2026, 10:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.17.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 10 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6busyboxAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Hardened ImagesbusyboxAffected–Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Currently, no mitigation is available or meets Red Hat's criteria for ease of deployment and applicability. Users should avoid connecting to untrusted TFTP servers, especially with non-default reduced block sizes. Monitor Red Hat's advisory for updates on patches or mitigations. Red Hat Product Security is actively investigating and may release a fix in the future.

Description

CVE-2026-124737 is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the BusyBox TFTP client used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The flaw occurs when the client requests a custom small block size but falls back to the default block size without resizing the allocated memory buffer upon receiving a standard response. A malicious TFTP server can exploit this by sending standard-sized packets, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or denial of service by crashing the client application.

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