Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
This advisory addresses a medium severity vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-22693 affecting Red Hat Hardened Images RPM packages related to harfbuzz components. The update includes bug fixes and enhancements for multiple harfbuzz RPMs on aarch64 and x86_64 architectures. No specific exploit details or impact scenarios are provided beyond the CWE-476 classification (NULL Pointer Dereference).
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Technical Summary
CVE-2026-22693 is a vulnerability in Red Hat Hardened Images involving harfbuzz RPM packages. The issue is categorized under CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference), which can lead to application crashes or denial of service. The advisory lists updated RPM versions (harfbuzz-14.1.0-2.hum1 and related packages) for aarch64 and x86_64 architectures as part of the fix. No CVSS score is provided, and no known exploits are reported in the wild. The vendor advisory references Red Hat Product Security and the advisory ID RHSA-2026:7701 but does not explicitly state patch availability or remediation status in the provided content.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability involves a NULL pointer dereference which may cause application crashes or denial of service in affected harfbuzz components within Red Hat Hardened Images. There are no known exploits in the wild, and the severity is assessed as medium. No further impact details are provided.
Mitigation Recommendations
The vendor advisory references updated RPM packages for harfbuzz components, indicating that fixes have been released. Users should apply the updated RPM packages (harfbuzz-14.1.0-2.hum1 and related) for their respective architectures to remediate this issue. Patch status is inferred as available based on the updated RPM versions listed. No additional mitigation steps are specified in the advisory content.
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
Description
This advisory addresses a medium severity vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-22693 affecting Red Hat Hardened Images RPM packages related to harfbuzz components. The update includes bug fixes and enhancements for multiple harfbuzz RPMs on aarch64 and x86_64 architectures. No specific exploit details or impact scenarios are provided beyond the CWE-476 classification (NULL Pointer Dereference).
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-22693 is a vulnerability in Red Hat Hardened Images involving harfbuzz RPM packages. The issue is categorized under CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference), which can lead to application crashes or denial of service. The advisory lists updated RPM versions (harfbuzz-14.1.0-2.hum1 and related packages) for aarch64 and x86_64 architectures as part of the fix. No CVSS score is provided, and no known exploits are reported in the wild. The vendor advisory references Red Hat Product Security and the advisory ID RHSA-2026:7701 but does not explicitly state patch availability or remediation status in the provided content.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability involves a NULL pointer dereference which may cause application crashes or denial of service in affected harfbuzz components within Red Hat Hardened Images. There are no known exploits in the wild, and the severity is assessed as medium. No further impact details are provided.
Mitigation Recommendations
The vendor advisory references updated RPM packages for harfbuzz components, indicating that fixes have been released. Users should apply the updated RPM packages (harfbuzz-14.1.0-2.hum1 and related) for their respective architectures to remediate this issue. Patch status is inferred as available based on the updated RPM versions listed. No additional mitigation steps are specified in the advisory content.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:7701
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a4049d427e9c7971982caf8
Added to database: 06/27/2026, 22:08:20 UTC
Last enriched: 07/19/2026, 23:05:47 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:57 UTC
Views: 8
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