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4.7
Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update Exposes Root Access
published 3 months ago
Summary
Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs have a security issue that could allow an attacker to gain root access on a system. This is a serious concern because it could lead to unauthorized changes to the system or data theft. To fix this issue, update your Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs to the latest version.
What to do
- Update redhat bsdcat to version 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1.
- Update redhat libarchive to version 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1.
- Update redhat bsdcpio to version 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1.
- Update redhat bsdtar to version 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1.
- Update redhat bsdunzip to version 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1.
- Update redhat libarchive-devel to version 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | redhat | bsdcat |
< 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1
|
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | redhat | libarchive |
< 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1
|
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | redhat | bsdcpio |
< 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1
|
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | redhat | bsdtar |
< 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1
|
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | redhat | bsdunzip |
< 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1
|
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | redhat | libarchive-devel |
< 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.8.8-3.1.hum1
|
Original advisory text
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43818 Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16517 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ Third Party Advisory
- https://images.redhat.com/ Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-64031 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_43818.... Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2532805 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64031 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64031 Vendor Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/ttuurrnn/1365a4a9b1c3d5826a3a9bbe111f26b8 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/blob/master/libarchive/archive_write_ad... Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2734 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2734/commits Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2734/files Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2505492 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16517 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16517 Vendor Advisory
Internet-facing
60 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
- Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)
Severity
4.7
Medium
Timeline
Published23 Jul 2026
Updated23 Sep 2026
First seen9 Aug 2026
Sources
RHSA-2026:43818 · OSV
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