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CVE-2026-53615VulnerabilityPublished

Red Hat Security Advisory: util-linux security update

Affects Red Hat util-linuxSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 11 Nov 2026, 15:22 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 11 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated util-linux packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 that address this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A security vulnerability (CVE-2026-53615) in the util-linux package affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. The flaw is an integer overflow in the DOS partition parser that can lead to partition metadata compromise. Util-linux includes essential low-level system utilities such as fdisk and login. Red Hat has issued an important security update addressing this issue.

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