Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 3 Nov 2026, 02:32 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 7 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 2 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
A security update is available from Red Hat for the affected gnupg2 packages in Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs. Applying this update (gnupg2 version 2.4.9-18.1.hum1) will address the vulnerability. No other mitigations are currently recommended or meet Red Hat's criteria for ease of use and applicability.
Description
A vulnerability (CVE-2026-105712) in the gpgtar utility of GnuPG allows an attacker to craft an archive that, when extracted, can overwrite files outside the intended directory by following symbolic links. Exploitation requires local user interaction and a pre-conditioned filesystem with existing symlinks. The impact is limited by the privileges of the user performing the extraction. Red Hat has issued an update for Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs including gnupg2 packages to address this issue. No mitigation other than applying the update is currently recommended.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:77484 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-105712 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- images.redhat.com (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_77484.json (opens in a new tab)