CVE-2026-126831: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 17:36 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (redhat) | CVSS 3.1 | 5.5 |
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 12 Nov 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 12 Nov 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10cpio | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6cpio | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7cpio | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8cpio | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9cpio | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Hardened Imagescpio | Affected– | Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Red Hat is the authoritative source for remediation status. The vendor advisory does not explicitly state that a fix is available yet, nor does it provide patch links. No specific mitigations are provided in the advisory. Until a fix is released, avoid archiving files with user or group names longer than 32 characters using cpio.
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the cpio utility on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. This flaw occurs when creating tar or ustar archives containing files owned by users or groups with names longer than 32 characters. The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service by crashing the application due to unbounded copying of these long names into fixed-size memory buffers.