Red Hat issued a security advisory (RHSA-2026:11342) for Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs addressing CVE-2026-12087, a medium severity vulnerability related to perl-Socket packages (version perl-Socket-2.041-1.hum1) on aarch64 and x86_64 architectures. The vulnerability corresponds to CWE-125, indicating an out-of-bounds read issue. The advisory includes updated RPMs for perl-Socket and perl-Socket-tests. No exploits in the wild are known. The advisory references updates available via Red Hat's image repository but does not detail the exact patch status or fixed versions explicitly.

The vulnerability involves an out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) in the perl-Socket component of Red Hat Hardened Images, which could potentially lead to information disclosure or application instability. The severity is assessed as medium. There are no known active exploits in the wild, and no further impact details are provided in the advisory.

An update for the perl-Socket RPMs is available from Red Hat Hardened Images repositories. Users should apply the update perl-Socket-2.041-1.hum1 for their respective architectures (aarch64, x86_64) as provided by Red Hat. The vendor advisory does not indicate that no action is required, so applying the update is recommended. Patch status is implied by the availability of updated RPMs but not explicitly confirmed; users should follow Red Hat's official update instructions at https://images.redhat.com/ and https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ for remediation.