Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-9150

Memory Safety in Redhat Enterprise Linux 10.0 … 9.0

Published
20 May 2026
Modified
23 July 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0040 33th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-9150 is a medium-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked at the 33th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A flaw was found in libsolv. This stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability occurs in libsolv's Debian metadata parser when processing specially crafted Debian repository metadata. An attacker could exploit this by providing malicious SHA384 or SHA512 checksum tags, leading to memory…

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corruption and a denial of service (DoS) in the affected system.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
Why these techniques?

Stack buffer overflow in metadata parser directly enables application/system exploitation resulting in DoS (T1499.004).

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Likely ATT&CK TechniquesAI

Techniques this vulnerability likely enables, inferred from its description, weakness type, and attributed-actor tradecraft. Confidence is per-technique.

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service Impactconfidence: HIGH
Stack buffer overflow in metadata parser can be triggered by crafted input to cause denial of service via application exhaustion.
inferred from description + CWE · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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CVE-2026-6845Same product: Redhat Enterprise Linux
CVE-2026-0966Same product: Redhat Enterprise Linux
CVE-2026-13757Same product: Redhat Enterprise Linux
CVE-2026-5745Same product: Redhat Enterprise Linux
CVE-2026-6844Same product: Redhat Enterprise Linux

Affected Assets

opensuse
libsolv
≤ 0.7.36
redhat
hardened images
all versions
redhat
openshift container platform
4.0
redhat
satellite
6.0
redhat
update infrastructure
4
redhat
enterprise linux
10.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SI-10 Information Input Validation
  • SI-2 Flaw Remediation
  • SI-16 Memory Protection
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 2 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly enforces validation of untrusted Debian metadata fields (SHA384/SHA512 checksum tags) before parser processing, blocking the stack buffer overflow.

prevent

Requires prompt patching of the libsolv flaw in the Debian metadata parser to eliminate the CWE-121 vulnerability.

prevent

Applies memory protection mechanisms that can mitigate exploitation of the stack-based overflow and resulting memory corruption/DoS.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure-development practices directly prevent introduction of stack buffer overflows.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability scanning can discover stack buffer overflows but does not prevent their introduction.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Patching eliminates known instances of the weakness after discovery.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing (fuzzing, static analysis) detects stack overflows before release.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates buffer-safety practices that directly prevent stack overflows.

prevents

Application security requirements can specify buffer-size and input-validation rules.

prevents

Secure architecture principles include memory-safety and least-privilege stack usage.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe buffer handling that causes CWE-121.

none

Change-management gates can enforce security reviews that catch buffer issues.

References