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 updated Rust packages that fix this vulnerability. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support and related products should apply the Rust update as described in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). No additional mitigation steps are indicated or required beyond applying the official update.
Description
A security update for Rust addresses a denial of service vulnerability in the libgit2 library caused by a heap out-of-bounds read triggered by a malicious Git server (CVE-2026-53587). This issue affects Rust packages distributed by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support and related products. The vulnerability is rated as having an important security impact by Red Hat. A fixed version of Rust is available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support updates.