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CVE-2026-15003VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2026-15003: Red Hat Hardened Images · Out-of-bounds Read

Affects Red Hat Hardened ImagesSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.6 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.6Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
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:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 27 Jul 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: 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 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red HatRed Hat Hardened ImagesAffected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10Affected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6Affected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7Affected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8Affected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9Affected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Affected–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.

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