Red Hat Security Advisory: python-urwid security update
Affects Red Hat python-urwidSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 04:35 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 Aug 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 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated python-urwid packages that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:58562 and the linked article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update mitigates the risk by correcting the session ID generation to prevent predictability.
Description
A security vulnerability in the python-urwid package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 allows predictable session IDs, which can lead to remote code execution and information disclosure. This issue is tracked as CVE-2026-9323. Red Hat has issued an important security update to address this flaw in multiple architectures of RHEL 8 and its Extended Life Cycle versions.