Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 vulnerabilities
1,038 known vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 from Red Hat. 1,038 are rated high or critical, and 6 have been exploited in real attacks. Each entry lists the affected versions and the release that fixes it, where the vendor has published one.
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- 8.8 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Write-what-where Condition
A flaw was found in Libtiff. This vulnerability is a "write-what-where" condition, triggered when the library processes a specially crafted TIFF image file. By providing an abnormally large image height value in the file's metadata, an attacker can trick the l
- 7.4 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions
A flaw was found in Podman. In a Containerfile or Podman, data written to RUN --mount=type=bind mounts during the podman build is not discarded. This issue can lead to files created within the container appearing in the temporary build context directory on the
- 8.1 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
There's a vulnerability in podman where an attacker may use the kube play command to overwrite host files when the kube file container a Secrete or a ConfigMap volume mount and such volume contains a symbolic link to a host file path. In a successful attack, t
- 7.5 High severity
Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.14.2 for…: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
A flaw was found in Undertow where malformed client requests can trigger server-side stream resets without triggering abuse counters. This issue, referred to as the "MadeYouReset" attack, allows malicious clients to induce excessive server workload by repeated
- 8.5 High severity
udisks: Out-of-bounds Read
A flaw was found in the Udisks daemon, where it allows unprivileged users to create loop devices using the D-BUS system. This is achieved via the loop device handler, which handles requests sent through the D-BUS interface. As two of the parameters of this han
- 7.8 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle…: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
A flaw was found in linux-pam. The pam_namespace module may improperly handle user-controlled paths, allowing local users to exploit symlink attacks and race conditions to elevate their privileges to root. This CVE provides a "complete" fix for CVE-2025-6020.
- 7.5 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Race Condition During Access to Alternate Channel
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ksmbd component. A race condition between smb2 close operation and logoff in multichannel connections could result in a use-after-free issue.
- 8.8 High severity
Safari: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.6, iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6, tvOS 18.6, visionOS 2.6, watchOS 11.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.
- 8.8 High severity
Safari: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.6, iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6, tvOS 18.6, visionOS 2.6, watchOS 11.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.
- 8.8 High severity
Apple Multiple Products Buffer Overflow Exploited
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.6, iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6, tvOS 18.6, visionOS 2.6, watchOS 11.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.
- 7.8 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: Incorrect Authorization
A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability has been discovered in pam-config within Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker (for example, a user logged in via SSH) to obtain the elevated privileges no
- 7.8 High severity
libxml2: Use After Free
A flaw was found in libxslt where the attribute type, atype, flags are modified in a way that corrupts internal memory management. When XSLT functions, such as the key() process, result in tree fragments, this corruption prevents the proper cleanup of ID attri
- 7.5 High severity
libxslt: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type
A flaw was found in the libxslt library. The same memory field, psvi, is used for both stylesheet and input data, which can lead to type confusion during XML transformations. This vulnerability allows an attacker to crash the application or corrupt memory. In
- 8.2 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap-buffer-overflow (off-by-one) flaw was found in the GnuTLS software in the template parsing logic within the certtool utility. When it reads certain settings from a template file, it allows an attacker to cause an out-of-bounds (OOB) NULL pointer write,
- 8.2 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Double Free
A flaw was found in GnuTLS. A double-free vulnerability exists in GnuTLS due to incorrect ownership handling in the export logic of Subject Alternative Name (SAN) entries containing an otherName. If the type-id OID is invalid or malformed, GnuTLS will call asn
- 7.5 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
A flaw exists in gdk‑pixbuf within the gdk_pixbuf__jpeg_image_load_increment function (io-jpeg.c) and in glib’s g_base64_encode_step (glib/gbase64.c). When processing maliciously crafted JPEG images, a heap buffer overflow can occur during Base64 encoding, all
- 8.1 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Return of Wrong Status Code
A flaw was found in libssh when using the ChaCha20 cipher with the OpenSSL library. If an attacker manages to exhaust the heap space, this error is not detected and may lead to libssh using a partially initialized cipher context. This occurs because the OpenSS
- 8.8 High severity
libssh: Incorrect Calculation
A flaw was found in libssh versions built with OpenSSL versions older than 3.0, specifically in the ssh_kdf() function responsible for key derivation. Due to inconsistent interpretation of return values where OpenSSL uses 0 to indicate failure and libssh uses
- 8.3 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Improper Certificate Validation
A flaw was found in Podman. The podman machine init command fails to verify the TLS certificate when downloading the VM images from an OCI registry. This issue results in a Man In The Middle attack.
- 8.1 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Out-of-bounds Read
A flaw was found in the libssh library in versions less than 0.11.2. An out-of-bounds read can be triggered in the sftp_handle function due to an incorrect comparison check that permits the function to access memory beyond the valid handle list and to return a
- 7.0 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability was found in libblockdev. Generally, the "allow_active" setting in Polkit permits a physically present user to take certain actions based on the session type. Due to the way libblockdev interacts with the udisks
- 7.8 High severity
xwayland: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
A flaw was found in the RandR extension, where the RRChangeProviderProperty function does not properly validate input. This issue leads to an integer overflow when computing the total size to allocate.
- 7.3 High severity
xwayland: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
A flaw was found in the X Record extension. The RecordSanityCheckRegisterClients function does not check for an integer overflow when computing request length, which allows a client to bypass length checks.
- 7.3 High severity
xwayland: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
A flaw was found in the Big Requests extension. The request length is multiplied by 4 before checking against the maximum allowed size, potentially causing an integer overflow and bypassing the size check.
- 9.1 Critical severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Insufficient Granularity of Access Control
A privilege escalation from host to domain vulnerability was found in the FreeIPA project. The FreeIPA package fails to validate the uniqueness of the `krbCanonicalName` for the admin account by default, allowing users to create services with the same canonica
- 7.8 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
A flaw was found in linux-pam. The module pam_namespace may use access user-controlled paths without proper protection, allowing local users to elevate their privileges to root via multiple symlink attacks and race conditions.
- 9.1 Critical severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Out-of-bounds Read
A vulnerability was found in libxml2. Processing certain sch:name elements from the input XML file can trigger a memory corruption issue. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious XML input file that can lead libxml to crash, resulting in a denial of s
- 7.5 High severity
libxml2: Expired Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in libxml2 when processing XPath XML expressions. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious XML input to libxml2, leading to a denial of service.
- 9.1 Critical severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Expired Pointer Dereference
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in libxml2. This issue occurs when parsing XPath elements under certain circumstances when the XML schematron has the <sch:name path="..."/> schema elements. This flaw allows a malicious actor to craft a malicious XML d
- 7.5 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
A flaw was found in how GLib’s GString manages memory when adding data to strings. If a string is already very large, combining it with more input can cause a hidden overflow in the size calculation. This makes the system think it has enough memory when it doe
- 7.8 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
A flaw was found in GIMP. An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the GIMP "Despeckle" plug-in. The issue occurs due to unchecked multiplication of image dimensions, such as width, height, and bytes-per-pixel (img_bpp), which can result in allocating insuf
- 7.5 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Out-of-bounds Write
A flaw was found in libxml2's xmlBuildQName function, where integer overflows in buffer size calculations can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. This issue can result in memory corruption or a denial of service when processing crafted input.
- 7.8 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library, specifically within the archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() function. This flaw involves an integer overflow that can ultimately lead to a double-free condition. Exploiting a double-free vulnerabil
- 7.0 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
A stack buffer overflow was found in Internationl components for unicode (ICU ). While running the genrb binary, the 'subtag' struct overflowed at the SRBRoot::addTag function. This issue may lead to memory corruption and local arbitrary code execution.
- 7.3 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle…: Use After Free
A flaw was found in GIMP when processing XCF image files. If a user opens one of these image files that has been specially crafted by an attacker, GIMP can be tricked into making serious memory errors, potentially leading to crashes and causing use-after-free
- 7.3 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle…: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A flaw was found in GIMP when processing certain TGA image files. If a user opens one of these image files that has been specially crafted by an attacker, GIMP can be tricked into making serious memory errors, potentially leading to crashes and causing a heap
- 7.3 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
A flaw was found in GIMP. The GIMP ani_load_image() function is vulnerable to a stack-based overflow. If a user opens.ANI files, GIMP may be used to store more information than the capacity allows. This flaw allows a malicious ANI file to trigger arbitrary cod
- 7.4 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
A flaw was found in gnome-remote-desktop. Once gnome-remote-desktop listens for RDP connections, an unauthenticated attacker can exhaust system resources and repeatedly crash the process. There may be a resource leak after many attacks, which will also result
- 7.5 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
A flaw was found in the soup_multipart_new_from_message() function of the libsoup HTTP library, which is commonly used by GNOME and other applications to handle web communications. The issue occurs when the library processes specially crafted multipart message
- 7.8 High severity
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
A flaw was found in Yggdrasil, which acts as a system broker, allowing the processes to communicate to other children's "worker" processes through the DBus component. Yggdrasil creates a DBus method to dispatch messages to workers. However, it misses authentic