CVE-2026-9538
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux to conduct a denial of service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities allow a remote attacker to conduct denial of service attacks.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium priority as the vulnerabilities are not currently exploited but could disrupt services.
- Action
- Apply the latest updates for affected components.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.44% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 36% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- medium[NEW] [medium] Red Hat Enterprise Linux (perl-Archive-Tar, httplib2): Multiple vulnerabilities allow denial of…cert-bund · 2026-07-31
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