Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium : upgrade Red Hat libx11 to 1.8.14 when convenient.
Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 04:33 UTC
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 1.8.14
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 28 Sep 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 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade libX11 and x.org/libx11 to 1.8.14.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| x.orglibX11 | Affected
| Fixed in
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X.orgx.org/libx11pkg:deb/x.org/libx11Other threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
Apply the updated libX11 packages provided by Red Hat (libX11-1.8.13-3.1.hum1 and related RPMs) as detailed in the Red Hat advisory. No other mitigations are currently available or meet Red Hat's criteria for ease of use and applicability. Users should follow Red Hat's update instructions at https://images.redhat.com/ to remediate this vulnerability.
Description
A security update for Red Hat Hardened Images addresses an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libX11's X Input Method (XIM) trigger-key registration parser. This flaw allows a malicious X server to send crafted data that causes client applications to crash, resulting in a denial of service (DoS). No mitigation other than applying the update is currently available. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-94284 and affects libX11 packages included in the update.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:79278 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-94284 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- images.redhat.com (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-94285 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-94283 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_79278.json (opens in a new tab)