[NEW] [medium] Red Hat Enterprise Linux (brace-expansion): Vulnerability allows denial of service
A remote anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux to conduct a denial of service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A remote anonymous attacker can exploit a brace-expansion vulnerability to conduct a denial of service attack.
- Who is affected
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems are affected by remote attackers.
- Urgency
- Medium priority; denial of service does not allow code execution or data disclosure.
- Action
- Patch Red Hat Enterprise Linux to address CVE-2026-69152.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2725
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-691520.41% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 34% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-69152 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- high[NEW] [high] Red Hat Enterprise Linux (nodejs:24): Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund
- highCVE-2026-69152: brace-expansion: DoS via unbounded intermediate arrays, bypassing the CVE-2026-14257 mitigatio…msrc
- highCVE-2026-69152: The brace-expansion library generates arbitrary strings containing a common prefix and suffix.…nvd
- highGHSA-rgw5-rvv9-x895: brace-expansion: DoS via unbounded intermediate arrays, bypassing the CVE-2026-14257 miti…ghsa
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A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
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