What is CVE-2026-89096?

CVE-2026-89096 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2026-89096?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CVE-2026-89096

A flaw was found in nfs-utils. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending repeated state notification requests to an exposed rpc.statd service. The service fails to properly release memory allocated during callback processing, leading to continuous memory growth. Sustained requests can exhaust system resources, eventually causing the service to degrade or crash.

Published 2026-10-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-89096 (vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-89096?: CVE-2026-89096 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-89096?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.