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CVE-2026-79992: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (exact versions not specified); +4 more affected products
CVE-2026-79992. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.00143 (percentile 0.03102), scored 11-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Exact affected versions not specified by the source
Red Hat
Component: Not specified by the source
Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by processing maliciously crafted filenames. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.
- CWE
- CWE-78
- CCR priority
- 31.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Vendor/CNA
- EPSS
- 0.00143 · percentile 0.03102 · 2026-10-11
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-11 23:42:05.235979+00:00 UTC
- GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-12 00:37:47.041480+00:00 UTC
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-11 23:39:08.456424+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-79992.html