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CVE-2026-9323VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: python-urwid security update

Affects Red Hat python-urwidSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 04:35 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Aug 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 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.

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