Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium · fixed in Red Hat package updates : update Red Hat CPython when convenient.
Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 05:40 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (PSF) | CVSS 4.0 | 6.9 |
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- Patch
- Available – fixed in 3.16.0, 3.15.2, 3.14.10 +3
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 22 Oct 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 13 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.
Affected software
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| Python Software FoundationCPython | Affected
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AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated python3.12 packages (version 3.12.16-1.hum1) for Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply these updates as soon as possible. Until a fixed Python build is applied, avoid extracting untrusted tar archives using the tar extraction filter. If processing untrusted archives is necessary, perform extraction in an isolated, least-privileged environment with restricted file write access.
Description
A vulnerability in Python's tarfile.tar_filter allows crafted tar archives containing symlinks with empty or directory-like names to cause files to be written or overwritten outside the intended extraction directory. This can occur when an application extracts an untrusted tar archive using the tar filter, potentially leading to unauthorized file modification with the permissions of the extracting process. The impact depends on the privileges of the extracting process. Red Hat has released an update for Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs including python3.12 packages to address this issue.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:90533 (opens in a new tab)
- images.redhat.com (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-114583 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-115557 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_90533.json (opens in a new tab)