Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl-fips-provider security update
Affects Red Hat openssl-fips-providerSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 01:30 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 Jun 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 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated versions of the openssl-fips-provider package for affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x variants and architectures. Users should apply the official security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:28832 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the update.
Description
A security update for the openssl-fips-provider package addresses an information disclosure vulnerability caused by uninitialized memory exposure via an invalid RSA public key (CVE-2026-31790). This vulnerability affects multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x variants and architectures. The update is rated as having a moderate security impact by Red Hat Product Security.