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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (sssd, glib, c-ares): Mehrere Schwachstellen

WID-SEC-2026-2419 · first 21.07.2026 · updated 15.10.2026 · CVSS 8,8

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What it is about

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution. Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um Administratorrechte zu erlangen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren und einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen.

Under what conditions?

The BSI does not name any particular preconditions. Exploitable remotely according to the BSI.

What can happen in the worst case

An attacker could use the vulnerability to

  • Administratorrechte zu erlangen
  • Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen
  • Daten zu manipulieren
  • einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen

Am I affected?

Affected according to the BSI:

  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
  • RESF Rocky Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • SUSE openSUSE
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Dell Secure Connect Gateway <5.36.00.16

The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.

What helps?

Update to at least:

  • Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.36.00.16

Is the vulnerability already being exploited?

None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.

Information and sources

and 55 more sources in the original advisory

CVE: CVE-2026-14474, CVE-2026-14476, CVE-2026-33630, CVE-2026-58016

Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.

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