[UPDATE] [medium] Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Vulnerability allows privilege escalation and information disclosure

mediumCVE-2026-23893

A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux to escalate their privileges and disclose information.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Red Hat product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Privilege escalation Information disclosure

What: A vulnerability can be exploited by a local attacker to escalate privileges and disclose information.
Who is affected: Local users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are affected by this vulnerability.
Urgency: Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for privilege escalation.
Action: Apply the latest updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-07-02
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-0756

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-2026-238930.16% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 6% of all scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-23893	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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