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In builds with rpmio support enabled, compressed modulemd YAML is decompressed through a custom read handler that does not enforce a cumulative decompressed-size limit before parsing. An attacker who can supply a highly compressible compressed YAML file can cause excessive CPU and memory consumption, resulting in a denial of service." } ], "affected": [ { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "libmodulemd", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": [ "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "libmodulemd", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": [ "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "libmodulemd", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": [ "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Hardened Images", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "libmodulemd", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": [ "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": [ "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": [ "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": [ "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:5" ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-92823", "tags": [ "vdb-entry", "x_refsource_REDHAT" ] }, { "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2478703", "name": "RHBZ#2478703", "tags": [ "issue-tracking", "x_refsource_REDHAT" ] } ], "datePublic": "2026-10-21T03:02:56.516Z", "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "cweId": "CWE-409", "description": "Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE" } ] } ], "x_redhatCweChain": "CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)", "workarounds": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "Until a fix is available, avoid parsing attacker-controlled compressed module metadata in rpmio-enabled builds. 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