High7.8Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux
Read root-owned files as an unprivileged user
CVE-2026-46333 Published May 15, 2026
CVE-2026-46333
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
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 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 1 day ago·verify at source
Fixed versions
- RHSA-2026:23470
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 1 day 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 1 day ago·verify at source
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