CVE-2026-15003: Red Hat Hardened Images · Out-of-bounds Read
Affects Red Hat Hardened ImagesSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.6 Medium.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 4% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Jul 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: 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 2026-10-25.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red HatRed Hat Hardened Images | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated binutils packages (binutils-2.46.1-1.1.hum1 and related) that fix this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Hardened Images should apply these security updates promptly. Patch status is confirmed by the Red Hat advisory. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the official update.
Description
A flaw was found in the GNU Binutils (Binary Utilities) linker. This vulnerability, a heap-buffer-overflow read (CWE-125), occurs when the linker processes a specially crafted 32-bit XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file. An attacker could exploit this by providing a malicious file, leading to an out-of-bounds read of memory. This can result in information disclosure, potentially revealing sensitive heap data, and a Denial of Service (DoS) due to the linker crashing.