Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium : upgrade Red Hat minimatch to 11.0.1 when convenient.
Data as of 3 Nov 2026, 04:45 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (GitHub_M) | CVSS 4.0 | 6.9 |
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- Patch
- Available – fixed in 11.0.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 29 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
Upgrade minimatch to 11.0.1.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| isaacsminimatch | Affected
| Fixed in
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npmminimatchpkg:npm/minimatchOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated RPM packages for nodejs22 and related components that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply these updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory at https://images.redhat.com/. No alternative mitigations or workarounds are specified. Applying the official update fully mitigates the issue.
Description
A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the minimatch component used in Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs. An attacker can supply a specially crafted glob pattern that triggers excessive CPU and memory consumption during pattern compilation, leading to resource exhaustion. This issue is tracked as CVE-2026-118764 and affects the nodejs22 packages in Red Hat Hardened Images. A security update containing fixed RPMs has been released by Red Hat.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:93603 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-118764 (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_93603.json (opens in a new tab)