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CVE-2026-44432VulnerabilityPublished Updated

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

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 00:29 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 Apr 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

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated RPM packages for Red Hat Hardened Images that include fixes for this vulnerability. Users should apply these updates as provided by Red Hat to remediate the issue. No additional mitigations or actions are specified by the vendor advisory. Patch status is confirmed by the availability of updated RPMs. There are no indications that the vulnerability is already mitigated or requires no action.

Description

A vulnerability (CVE-2026-44432) was found in urllib3, a Python HTTP client library, that allows a remote attacker to cause excessive resource consumption on the client side. This occurs due to improper handling of HTTP response decompression, potentially leading to a denial of service (DoS). Red Hat issued an advisory for an update to Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs including python-sentry-sdk packages to address this issue. No specific affected product versions are listed, and no known exploits are reported in the wild.

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