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.
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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.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- 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.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
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