What is CVE-2026-107168?

CVE-2026-107168 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-107168?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CVE-2026-107168

A flaw was found in m17n-lib. By providing crafted input containing an invalid UTF-8 character sequence, an attacker can cause the text parsing function to enter an infinite loop. This issue leads to sustained high CPU utilization, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected application.

Published 2026-10-07 · last modified 2026-10-07.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-107168 (vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-107168?: CVE-2026-107168 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-107168?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.