Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity (CVE-2025-10990)
Red Hat Satellite is a system management solution that allows organizations to configure and maintain their systems without the necessity to provide public Internet access to their servers or other client systems. It performs provisioning and configuration management of predefined standard operating environments. Security Fix(es): * puppet-agent: incomplete fix for CVE-2024-49761 (CVE-2025-10990) Users of Red Hat Satellite are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
Red Hat Satellite 6 client had an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-49761 in the puppet-agent component, which has been addressed by a new security update identified as CVE-2025-10990. The advisory indicates that updated packages are available to fix these bugs. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-1333. The update is rated as having a moderate security impact. The vendor advisory recommends applying the updated packages after ensuring all previous errata are applied. The affected products include various Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 variants and Extended Update Support versions. No CVSS score is provided for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability relates to an incomplete fix in the puppet-agent component of Red Hat Satellite, which could potentially allow security issues to persist if not updated. The security impact is rated as moderate by Red Hat Product Security. No known exploits in the wild have been reported. The vulnerability affects system management and provisioning capabilities, which could impact the secure configuration and maintenance of systems managed by Red Hat Satellite.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated puppet-agent packages that fully address the incomplete fix for CVE-2024-49761 (CVE-2025-10990). Users of Red Hat Satellite are advised to upgrade to these updated packages. Before applying this update, ensure all previously released errata relevant to the system have been applied. Detailed update instructions are available in the Red Hat Satellite documentation. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity (CVE-2025-10990)
Description
Red Hat Satellite is a system management solution that allows organizations to configure and maintain their systems without the necessity to provide public Internet access to their servers or other client systems. It performs provisioning and configuration management of predefined standard operating environments. Security Fix(es): * puppet-agent: incomplete fix for CVE-2024-49761 (CVE-2025-10990) Users of Red Hat Satellite are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
Red Hat Satellite 6 client had an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-49761 in the puppet-agent component, which has been addressed by a new security update identified as CVE-2025-10990. The advisory indicates that updated packages are available to fix these bugs. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-1333. The update is rated as having a moderate security impact. The vendor advisory recommends applying the updated packages after ensuring all previous errata are applied. The affected products include various Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 variants and Extended Update Support versions. No CVSS score is provided for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability relates to an incomplete fix in the puppet-agent component of Red Hat Satellite, which could potentially allow security issues to persist if not updated. The security impact is rated as moderate by Red Hat Product Security. No known exploits in the wild have been reported. The vulnerability affects system management and provisioning capabilities, which could impact the secure configuration and maintenance of systems managed by Red Hat Satellite.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated puppet-agent packages that fully address the incomplete fix for CVE-2024-49761 (CVE-2025-10990). Users of Red Hat Satellite are advised to upgrade to these updated packages. Before applying this update, ensure all previously released errata relevant to the system have been applied. Detailed update instructions are available in the Red Hat Satellite documentation. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:17693
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3ed4ce72d29f1837ea69e8
Added to database: 06/26/2026, 19:36:46 UTC
Last enriched: 06/26/2026, 19:38:32 UTC
Last updated: 08/24/2026, 10:52:04 UTC
Views: 181
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