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CVE-2026-6862VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-6862· Medium 5.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 01:05 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

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CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.15.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 22 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 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Hardened Imagesefivar-mainAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10efivarAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7efivarAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8efivarAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9efivarAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8Affected–Fixed in–

AI-suggested

A security update is available from Red Hat that fixes this vulnerability by enforcing a minimum device path node length check before recursion. Users should apply the updated efivar RPMs (version 39-13.1.hum1) for their architecture. Additionally, applications using efi_loadopt_is_valid() should validate input buffer sizes before passing data to libefiboot. No other mitigation is required as the fix addresses the root cause.

Description

A vulnerability in the libefiboot component of efivar allows a local user to cause a denial of service by triggering infinite recursion due to improper validation of device path node lengths. This flaw can lead to stack exhaustion and process crashes. It affects Red Hat Hardened Images including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9, and 10, Fedora, and OpenShift Container Platform. A security update is available that addresses this issue by enforcing minimum node length validation.

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