Red Hat Security Advisory: sqlite security update
Affects Red Hat sqliteSource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 00:59 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 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 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated SQLite packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security updates as described in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate these issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official updates.
Description
Two security vulnerabilities in SQLite's FTS5 full-text search extension allow arbitrary code execution and application crashes due to heap-based buffer overflow. These issues affect SQLite as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address these flaws.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58938 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487258 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487269 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_58938.json (opens in a new tab)