Red Hat Security Advisory: fence-agents security update
Affects Red Hat fence-agentsSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 20:52 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 52% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Jan 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Product Security Red Hat | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated fence-agents packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support that address CVE-2025-66418. Users should apply these official security updates as described in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2026:1331) and the referenced article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the vendor-provided update.
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2025-66418) affecting the fence-agents packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support has been addressed. The issue involves an unbounded decompression chain in urllib3 that can lead to resource exhaustion. Fence-agents are scripts used for remote power management in clusters to forcibly restart and remove failed or unreachable nodes. Red Hat has released an important security update to fix this vulnerability.