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CVE-2026-126831: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 17:36 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.15.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 12 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 12 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10cpioAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6cpioAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7cpioAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8cpioAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9cpioAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Hardened ImagescpioAffected–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.

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