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RHSA-2026:73539

Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update

Released 2026-09-29 · Red Hat rating Important · View on Red Hat →

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Fixes 5 records

Priority MEDIUM 64

The H5Z__nbit_decompress_one_byte, H5Z__nbit_decompress_one_nooptype, and H5Z__nbit_decompress_one_atomic functions in H5Znbit.c in HDF5 prior to 2.3.0 advance a read index into the compressed chunk buffer without boundi…

CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9 Local No auth User interaction EPSS 0.00195 Published 2026-08-05 Partial fix CWE-125
Priority MEDIUM 63

H5Z__filter_fletcher32 in H5Zfletcher32.c in HDF5 prior to 2.3.0 computes the data length to checksum by subtracting the 4-byte trailing checksum size from the input buffer size without checking that the buffer is at lea…

CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8 Local No auth User interaction EPSS 0.00195 Published 2026-08-05 Partial fix CWE-125
Priority MEDIUM 63

H5Z__filter_nbit in H5Znbit.c in HDF5 prior to 2.3.0 dereferences cd_values[0] through cd_values[4] without validating that cd_values is non-NULL or that cd_nelmts is at least 5, the fixed size of the filter's header.

CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8 Local No auth User interaction EPSS 0.00195 Published 2026-08-05 Partial fix CWE-1284
Priority LOW 38

A heap-based buffer overflow in H5VM_array_fill() in src/H5VM.c in HDF5 before 2.2.0 lets a remote attacker cause an application crash and possibly execute arbitrary code with a crafted HDF5 file.

CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5 Local No auth User interaction EPSS 0.00163 Published 2026-10-06 Fixed in 2.2.0 CWE-122
Priority LOW 29

A heap-based buffer over-read in H5Z__filter_scaleoffset() in src/H5Zscaleoffset.c in HDF5 through 2.2.0 lets an attacker cause a denial of service (application crash) with a crafted HDF5 file.

CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8 Local No auth User interaction EPSS 0.00118 Published 2026-10-06 Fixed in 2.2.0 CWE-125