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Medium [CVE-2026-90698] Denial of Service due to out-of-bounds read

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-90698 affecting Red Hat Hardened Images.

CVE-2026-90698 Published Sep 14, 2026Updated by vendor Sep 14, 2026
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Summary

Denial of Service due to out-of-bounds read. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 5.3).

Weakness: CWE-125.

Affected product named by the advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.

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Fixed versions
  • 1.6.44

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • To reduce exposure, restrict network access to the memcached service. Configure memcached to listen only on trusted interfaces or localhost, preventing remote attackers from reaching the vulnerable component. For example, modify the memcached service configuration to bind to 127.0.0.1 or a specific internal IP address. A service restart is required for changes to take effect and may temporarily impact services utilizing memcached.

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