Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
CVE-2026-67214 is a denial of service vulnerability in the nanoid JavaScript library used for generating unique identifiers. The flaw occurs when a negative size input is provided to the customAlphabet or nanoid functions in the library's non-secure module, causing an infinite loop and application hang. This vulnerability affects Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs including the jaeger package. Red Hat has issued an update to address this issue.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
A flaw was found in the nanoid JavaScript library where providing a negative size input to the customAlphabet or nanoid functions in the non-secure module causes an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service by hanging the application indefinitely. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-67214 and affects the jaeger package in Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs. The issue is categorized under CWE-839 (Numeric Range Comparison Without Minimum Check). Red Hat has released an update including jaeger-2.20.0-0.7.hum1 to address this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause a denial of service by triggering an infinite loop in the nanoid library functions with a negative size input, leading to application hang and disruption of service availability. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity reported. This affects availability only.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an updated package (jaeger-2.20.0-0.7.hum1) that fixes this vulnerability. Users should apply this update to mitigate the issue. No other mitigations or workarounds are specified by Red Hat.
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
Description
CVE-2026-67214 is a denial of service vulnerability in the nanoid JavaScript library used for generating unique identifiers. The flaw occurs when a negative size input is provided to the customAlphabet or nanoid functions in the library's non-secure module, causing an infinite loop and application hang. This vulnerability affects Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs including the jaeger package. Red Hat has issued an update to address this issue.
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
A flaw was found in the nanoid JavaScript library where providing a negative size input to the customAlphabet or nanoid functions in the non-secure module causes an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service by hanging the application indefinitely. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-67214 and affects the jaeger package in Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs. The issue is categorized under CWE-839 (Numeric Range Comparison Without Minimum Check). Red Hat has released an update including jaeger-2.20.0-0.7.hum1 to address this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause a denial of service by triggering an infinite loop in the nanoid library functions with a negative size input, leading to application hang and disruption of service availability. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity reported. This affects availability only.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an updated package (jaeger-2.20.0-0.7.hum1) that fixes this vulnerability. Users should apply this update to mitigate the issue. No other mitigations or workarounds are specified by Red Hat.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:48320
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a85ee31acd9273b4969ad02
Added to database: 08/19/2026, 17:56:01 UTC
Last enriched: 08/19/2026, 18:07:08 UTC
Last updated: 08/19/2026, 18:12:25 UTC
Views: 4
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