What is CVE-2026-44605?

CVE-2026-44605 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2026-44605?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CVE-2026-44605

A flaw was found in the RPM Package Manager (RPM). A local user could be affected by a heap buffer overflow vulnerability when processing a specially crafted NDB database file. This issue arises from an error in how RPM handles certain cal…

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat Hardened Images — versions 6.0.1-6.2.hum1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44605?: CVE-2026-44605 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2026-44605?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.