Red Hat Security Advisory: rust security update
Affects Red Hat rustSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High.
Data as of 31 Oct 2026, 11:06 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 20 Aug 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 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an updated Rust package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 that fixes this vulnerability. Users should apply the official Red Hat update as described in the advisory RHSA-2026:69097. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the update.
Description
A security update for the Rust programming language addresses a denial of service vulnerability in the libgit2 library. The flaw (CVE-2026-53587) involves a heap out-of-bounds read triggered by a malicious Git server. This vulnerability could cause the Rust compiler or related tools to crash or behave unexpectedly when interacting with crafted Git repositories. Red Hat has released an update for Rust in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 to fix this issue.