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Medium [CVE-2026-5265] Heap Over-Read in ICMP Error Response Generation

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-5265 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

CVE-2026-5265 Published Apr 6, 2026
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Summary

Heap Over-Read in ICMP Error Response Generation. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 6.5).

Weakness: CWE-130. Affected package(s): ovn25.03, ovn25.09, ovn, ovn23.09, ovn24.03, ovn23.06.

Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:11702 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Affected versions
  • ovn25.03-0:25.03.2-100.el9fdp
  • ovn25.09-0:25.09.2-103.el10fdp
  • ovn-2021-0:21.12.0-145.el8fdp
  • ovn25.09-0:25.09.2-103.el9fdp
  • ovn23.09-0:23.09.6-16.el9fdp
  • ovn25.03-0:25.03.2-100.el10fdp
  • ovn24.03-0:24.03.7-82.el9fdp
  • ovn23.06-0:23.06.4-30.el8fdp
  • ovn23.06-0:23.06.4-30.el9fdp

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

Fixed versions
  • RHSA-2026:11702

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-2026:11702 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).

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

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