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CVE-2026-23490VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: fence-agents security update

Affects Red Hat fence-agentsSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 31 Oct 2026, 20:20 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

EPSS
0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 55% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 9 Feb 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 31 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an updated fence-agents package that fixes this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:2303. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A security update for the fence-agents package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux addresses a denial of service vulnerability in the pyasn1 library. The flaw (CVE-2026-23490) involves memory exhaustion caused by malformed RELATIVE-OID data. Fence-agents are scripts used for remote power management in cluster environments, allowing failed nodes to be restarted and removed. This vulnerability could disrupt cluster operations by exhausting memory resources.

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