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 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its variants that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:67285 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated.
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 vulnerability affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants. The issue is rated as having an important security impact by Red Hat. The update includes patched packages to remediate this flaw.