Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update

Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2026:37468) for Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs, specifically updating the 'patch' RPM to version 2.8-4.2.hum1 for aarch64 and x86_64 architectures. This update addresses the vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-56289. The advisory does not provide detailed technical information about the nature of the vulnerability but categorizes it with medium severity and associates it with CWE-835. The update is available through Red Hat's public repositories and is intended to mitigate the identified security issue.

The vulnerability CVE-2026-56289 affects Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs and has been rated medium severity by Red Hat. The specific impact details are not provided in the advisory, but the update aims to fix a security flaw in the 'patch' RPM package. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory.

Red Hat has released an official security update for the affected RPMs. Users of Red Hat Hardened Images should apply the update to 'patch' RPM version 2.8-4.2.hum1 for their respective architectures (aarch64, x86_64) as soon as possible. Detailed update instructions are available at https://images.redhat.com/. Since an official fix is available, applying this update is the recommended mitigation.