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CVE-2026-111497VulnerabilityPublished Updated

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

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-111497· Critical 9.2

Exploited in the wild · KEV due 10 Nov 2026 · fixed in Red Hat package updates : patch Red Hat github.com/google/brotli now.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 02:18 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
9.2Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (Google)CVSS 4.09.2
KEV deadline
 US federal agencies must patch by this date; a sensible deadline for everyone else. Other KEV due dates
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.2.1, 1.1.1, 1.0.10
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

t = 0 is the CVE’s publication on cve.org

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 22 Oct 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: evidence found.

    Listed in CISA KEV 5 days after disclosure

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

Timeline

  1. CVE ID reserved

    by Google LLC

    , 6 days before disclosure

  2. CVE published

    on cve.org

    , t = 0

  3. In Threat Radar

    record ingested

    , 4 days after disclosure

  4. , 5 days after disclosure

  5. KEV remediation due

    US federal deadline

    , 19 days after disclosure

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), CISA KEV (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Brotli and github.com/google/brotli to 1.2.1, 1.1.1 or 1.0.10.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Brotligithub.com/google/brotliAffected
  • >=1.2.0 <1.2.1
Fixed in
  • 1.2.1
Brotligithub.com/google/brotliAffected
  • >=1.1.0 <1.1.1
Fixed in
  • 1.1.1
Brotligithub.com/google/brotliAffected
  • >=1.0.3 <1.0.10
Fixed in
  • 1.0.10
GitHubgithub.com/google/brotlipkg:github/github.com/google/brotliOther threatsAffected
  • >=1.0.3 <1.0.10
  • >=1.1.0 <1.1.1
  • >=1.2.0 <1.2.1
Fixed in
  • 1.0.10
  • 1.1.1
  • 1.2.1

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated RPM packages for dotnet8.0 and related components that include fixes for CVE-2026-111497. Users should apply these updates promptly to mitigate the vulnerability. For Node.js packages using system Brotli, updating the system brotli/libbrotli package is required. No additional mitigations are specified beyond applying the official updates. Red Hat's platform hardenings provide some protection but do not eliminate the risk.

Description

A security vulnerability (CVE-2026-111497) exists in the Google Brotli decoder used in Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs, including dotnet8.0 packages. The flaw is an out-of-bounds write triggered by a crafted Brotli-compressed stream, potentially leading to memory disclosure, denial of service, or arbitrary code execution. Exploitation requires decompressing attacker-controlled Brotli data with a malformed stream. Red Hat rates the issue as Important with high attack complexity due to platform hardenings like ASLR and SELinux. Updates are available for affected packages.

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