CVE-2026-100300: Red Hat Denial of Service via improper exception handling in quota subsystem
This Red Hat advisory covers CVE-2026-100300.
Key facts
- Vendor rating
- High, CVSS 7.5
- CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N· base score 8.7, scored by apacheAttack vector: network. Attack complexity: low. Attack requirements: none. Privileges required: none. User interaction: none. Confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system: none. Integrity impact on the vulnerable system: none. Availability impact on the vulnerable system: high. Confidentiality impact on subsequent systems: none. Integrity impact on subsequent systems: none. Availability impact on subsequent systems: none.- Weakness
- CWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none observed. Automatable: yes. Technical impact: partial. CISA, .
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Versions named
- 3.9.6
- Fixed in
- 3.8.8, 3.9.7
- Source published
- Listed by VulniPulse
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Related products & platforms
Description
Denial of Service via improper exception handling in quota subsystem. Red Hat rates this important (CVSS 7.5).
Weakness: CWE-248.
Text from the source record.
- 3.9.6
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched ·verify at source
How to fix CVE-2026-100300
Upgrade to a fixed release named by Red Hat:
- 3.8.8
- 3.9.7
CVE-2026-100300 in other vendors' advisories
- Apache: CVE-2026-100300, high severity, fixed in 3.8.8, 3.9.7
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