Medium [CVE-2026-44605] heap buffer overflow in NDB slot table parsing
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-44605 affecting Red Hat Hardened Images.
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Summary
heap buffer overflow in NDB slot table parsing. Red Hat rates this low (CVSS 5.5).
Weakness: CWE-190. Affected package(s): rpm-main.
Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:33507 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).
Affected product named by the advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images.
- rpm-main-6.0.1-6.2.hum1
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- RHSA-2026:33507
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Mitigation checklist
- Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:33507 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
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