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CVE-2026-95512: Red Hat Hardened Images · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Affects Red Hat Hardened ImagesSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 15:59 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 7% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CISA SSVC
Exploitation
No evidence of active exploitation and no public proof of concept
Automatable
Attackers cannot reliably automate steps 1–4 of the kill chain
Technical impact
Limited control over the software or limited information exposure

CISA SSVC assessment, 2026-10-06.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 2 Oct 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Hardened Imagesfreetype-mainAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat build of OpenJDK 11 ELSjava-11-openjdkAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10firefoxAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10freetypeAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10java-21-openjdkAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10java-25-openjdkAffected–Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated freetype packages (version 2.14.3-2.1.hum1) for Red Hat Hardened Images that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply these security updates to remediate the issue. No alternative mitigations meeting Red Hat's criteria for ease of use and applicability are currently available. Applying the official update is the recommended remediation.

Description

CVE-2026-95512 is a vulnerability in the FreeType library's CID font loader used in Red Hat Hardened Images. A remote attacker can cause excessive memory and CPU consumption by tricking a user into opening content with a specially crafted CID-keyed font. This leads to repeated allocations and decryptions of subroutine data, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) that may cause the affected application or service to hang or terminate. Red Hat has released updated RPM packages that address this issue.

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