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 important security update for Rust that fixes this vulnerability. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support and related variants should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:69109 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update mitigates the vulnerability. No additional action is required beyond applying the official update.
Description
A security update for Rust addresses a denial of service vulnerability in libgit2 caused by a heap out-of-bounds read triggered by a malicious Git server. This issue is tracked as CVE-2026-53587 and affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support and related variants. The vulnerability could allow an attacker controlling a Git server to cause a denial of service in applications using libgit2. Red Hat has released an important security update to fix this issue.