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CVE-2026-84445VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: rhc security update

Affects Red Hat rhcSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-84445· High 8.7

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.7 High : upgrade the Red Hat redhat/rhc package to 9.8 soon.

Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 13:04 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.7High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 51% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 9.8
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 14 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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

Upgrade the Red Hat redhat/rhc package to 9.8.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/rhcpkg:rpm/redhat/rhcOther threatsAffected
  • >=9.0.0 <9.8
Fixed in
  • 9.8

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated rhc packages that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the official security updates as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:72275 to remediate the issue. The vendor advisory provides detailed instructions for applying the update. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2026-84445) exists in the gRPC-Go library used by the rhc client tool and daemon in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. This flaw allows denial of service via malformed RPC requests. Red Hat has released updated rhc packages to address this issue across multiple architectures and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. No known exploits are reported in the wild. The Helm CLI for Red Hat OpenShift v4.3.0 is unrelated to this vulnerability fix.

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