High7.8Red Hat Linux

High [CVE-2026-46333] Read root-owned files as an unprivileged user

This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-46333 affecting NVIDIA for RHEL 10, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0).

CVE-2026-46333 Published May 15, 2026

CVE-2026-46333

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Summary

Read root-owned files as an unprivileged user. Red Hat rates this important (CVSS 7.8).

Weakness: CWE-269. Affected package(s): kernel, rhcos, kernel-rt, openshift, kpatch-patch, cri-o.

Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:23470 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).

Affected products named by the advisory: NVIDIA for RHEL 10; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20; Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0); Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); and 55 more.

Affected versions

kernel-0:5.14.0-284.172.1.el9_2
rhcos-4.20.9.6.202605270908-0
kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-70.180.1.rt21.252.el9_0
kernel-0:5.14.0-427.126.1.el9_4
kernel-0:4.18.0-305.192.1.el8_4
kernel-0:5.14.0-570.117.1.el9_6
kernel-0:5.14.0-687.10.1.el9_8
openshift-0:4.20.0-202605141748.p2.g2a0461f.assembly.stream.el8
kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.125.1.rt7.466.el8_10
kernel-0:4.18.0-553.125.1.el8_10
kernel-0:5.14.0-570.116.1.el9_6
kpatch-patch

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Fixed versions

RHSA-2026:23470

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:23470 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

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