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, 04:43 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (GitHub_M) | CVSS 4.0 | 6.9 |
|---|
- 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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Check your own hosts for these packages with threat-finder (opens in a new tab), our free open-source scanner.
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated RPM packages for nodejs26 and related components that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply these updates as provided by Red Hat to remediate the issue. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the official update.
Description
A denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2026-118764) was found in the minimatch component used in Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs, specifically nodejs26 packages. An attacker can supply a crafted glob pattern to cause excessive CPU and memory consumption, leading to resource exhaustion. Red Hat has released updated RPM packages to address this issue.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:93602 (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_93602.json (opens in a new tab)