Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.2 High.
Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 05:29 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (VulnCheck) | CVSS 4.0 | 8.2 |
|---|---|---|
| CNA (VulnCheck) | CVSS 3.1 | 5.9 |
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 28 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 13 Nov 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| libexpatlibexpat | Affected
| Fixed in– |
GitHublibexpatpkg:github/libexpatOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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AI-suggested
Apply the Red Hat security update that includes expat-2.9.0-1.2.hum1 RPMs. Avoid enabling external entity or DTD processing for untrusted XML inputs. Do not expose stream-chunked XML parse APIs to untrusted clients. Restrict network access to XML-processing services. Red Hat has released a security advisory with updated packages to fix this vulnerability.
Description
A vulnerability in the expat XML parsing library allows a remote attacker who controls input stream chunking to trigger a NULL pointer dereference by forcing an empty initial parse on an external entity subparser. This results in a denial of service (application crash). The vulnerability requires uncommon stream-chunking behavior and external entity parsing, which is not the default for most Red Hat Enterprise Linux XML consumers. No confidentiality or integrity impact is demonstrated.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:93593 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-117610 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-118370 (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_93593.json (opens in a new tab)