CVE-2026-12080: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (exact versions not specified); +6 more affected products

CVE-2026-12080. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.3 (HIGH, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.00181 (percentile 0.07261), scored 22-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
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Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · User interaction required

What an attacker can do

A local unprivileged user can exploit a vulnerability in the guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys command handler by manipulating symbolic links. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.3/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.

Published 23-Oct-2026 06:11 UTC

CWE: CWE-61
CCR priority: 29.2 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 7.3 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Vendor/CNA
EPSS: 0.00181 · percentile 0.07261 · 2026-10-22
KEV: no

Provenance

FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-23 06:11:59.600832+00:00 UTC
GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-23 07:17:21.678485+00:00 UTC
NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-23 06:11:01.814928+00:00 UTC

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