Red Hat Enterprise Linux (yelp, dracut): Mehrere Schwachstellen
WID-SEC-2026-2835 · first 14.08.2026 · updated 29.10.2026 · CVSS 7,5
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 Informationen offenzulegen und beliebigen Code mit Root-Rechten auszuführen.
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
- Informationen offenzulegen
- beliebigen Code mit Root-Rechten auszuführen
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 9.6 Extended Update Support
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
and 5 more
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
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:54539 vom 2026-08-13 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:54540 vom 2026-08-13 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:54605 vom 2026-08-13 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:54624 vom 2026-08-13 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:54637 vom 2026-08-13 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:54571 vom 2026-08-13 access.redhat.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:3612-1 vom 2026-08-14 lists.suse.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:3613-1 vom 2026-08-14 lists.suse.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-54575 vom 2026-08-15 oss.oracle.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:54571 vom 2026-08-14 errata.build.resf.org
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:54575 vom 2026-08-15 errata.build.resf.org
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:54576 vom 2026-08-14 errata.build.resf.org
- openSUSE Security Update OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11504-1 vom 2026-08-14 lists.opensuse.org
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-54571 vom 2026-08-15 oss.oracle.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:3611-1 vom 2026-08-14 lists.suse.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-54576 vom 2026-08-15 oss.oracle.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:57417 vom 2026-08-20 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:57775 vom 2026-08-20 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:57580 vom 2026-08-20 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:57772 vom 2026-08-21 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:57785 vom 2026-08-20 access.redhat.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:23195-1 vom 2026-08-24 lists.suse.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:23246-1 vom 2026-08-27 lists.suse.com
- openSUSE Security Update OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21639-1 vom 2026-08-27 lists.opensuse.org
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:23276-1 vom 2026-08-30 lists.suse.com
and 24 more sources in the original advisory
CVE: CVE-2026-13601, CVE-2026-15816
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.