A flaw was found in OpenSCAP. A heap-based buffer overflow can occur when processing a specially crafted Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF) document using the sds-compose option. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory, resulting in an application crash and a Denial of Service (DoS).

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Description A flaw was found in OpenSCAP. A heap-based buffer overflow can occur when processing a specially crafted Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF) document using the sds-compose option. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory, resulting in an application crash and a Denial of Service (DoS).
Title Openscap: one-byte heap buffer overflow in sds-compose may lead to denial-of-service
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat rhel Els
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat rhel Els
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{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-09T20:33:16.401Z

Reserved: 2026-11-04T16:34:16.396Z

Link: CVE-2026-122056

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-11-09T22:18:34.163

Modified: 2026-11-09T22:18:34.320

Link: CVE-2026-122056

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-11-09T19:47:01Z

Links: CVE-2026-122056 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-11-09T21:45:16Z

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