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CVE-2026-14257VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-14257· High 7.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 10:09 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 50% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 23 Jul 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 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
juliangruberbrace-expansionAffected
  • <=5.0.7
Fixed in–
npmbrace-expansionpkg:npm/brace-expansionOther threatsAffected
  • <=5.0.7
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated RPM packages that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs update including nodejs24-24.18.0-0.5.hum1 and related packages as provided in the advisory. No additional mitigations are indicated or required.

Description

A double-free vulnerability exists in the swift-crypto component used by Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs when an RSA public key initialization from DER or PEM bytes fails during decoding. This flaw can cause memory corruption leading to a denial of service (system crash). Red Hat has issued an update including fixed RPM packages for nodejs24 and related components to address this issue.

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