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CVE-2026-68563: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Incorrect Permissions

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 29 Oct 2026, 07:15 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 3% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 30 Jul 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 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10ansible-collection-redhat-leappAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9ansible-collection-redhat-leappAffected–Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate this issue, administrators should ensure that the directory used for PostgreSQL backups (e.g., /var/backups/leapp) is owned by root with restrictive permissions set to 0700, and that the backup archive files themselves have permissions set to 0600. This prevents unauthorized local users from reading the backup data. If the remediation task must be used without modification, local user access on affected systems should be restricted, and any generated backup archives should be immediately removed or have their permissions corrected after creation. These steps reduce the risk of unauthorized data disclosure.

Description

CVE-2026-68563 is a medium severity vulnerability in the ansible-collection-redhat-leapp component used with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. When a remediation task is run with elevated privileges and the leapp_old_postgresql_data option is selected, a PostgreSQL data backup archive is created with insecure, overly permissive file permissions. This allows local non-root users on the managed node to read sensitive archived PostgreSQL data, resulting in information disclosure.

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