CVE-2026-8631
An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux to conduct a denial of service attack, disclose confidential information, gain elevated permissions, or execute arbitrary code.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities can be exploited to conduct denial of service, disclose confidential information, gain elevated permissions, or execute arbitrary code.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are affected by these vulnerabilities.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to the high severity of the vulnerabilities, although they are not currently exploited.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux to address these vulnerabilities.
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Exploitation outlook
- Moderate exploitation risk1.3% 30-day exploitation probability. Patch within normal cadence, watch for KEV listing. Riskier than 68% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- high[UPDATE] [high] Red Hat Enterprise Linux (openCryptoki, hplip, 389-ds-base): Multiple Vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-09
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