Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium : upgrade Red Hat libarchive to 3.8.1 when convenient.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 10% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 3.8.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Nov 2025
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
Upgrade libarchive/libarchive to 3.8.1.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
GitHublibarchive/libarchivepkg:github/libarchive/libarchiveOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
A fix is available via the updated libarchive packages (version 3.8.7-1.hum1) included in the Red Hat Hardened Images RPM update. Users should apply this update to remediate the vulnerability. No alternative mitigations meeting Red Hat's standards are currently available. Since exploitation requires specific user interaction and conditions, risk is limited until the update is applied.
Description
This update for libarchive fixes the following issues - CVE-2025-60753: bsdtar hangs and OOMs with zero-length pattern matches (bsc#1253088). - CVE-2026-4424: information disclosure via heap out-of-bounds read in RAR archive processing (bsc#1259928). - CVE-2026-4426: undefined behavior due to unvalidated operand in shift expression of the zisofs decompression code (bsc#1259931). - CVE-2026-5121: arbitrary code execution via integer overflow in ISO9660 image processing (bsc#1261186).
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8944 (opens in a new tab)
- images.redhat.com (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-60753 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4424 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4111 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5121 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5745 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4426 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_8944.json (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/support/security/rating/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2026_2747-1.json (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20262747-1/ (opens in a new tab)
- lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-July/027267.html (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1253088 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1259928 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1259931 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1261186 (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-60753/ (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4424/ (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4426/ (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5121/ (opens in a new tab)