CVE-2026-2243

MEDIUM

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6-10 and OpenShift Container Platform 4 - Out-of-bounds Read via VMDK Image

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in QEMU. A specially crafted VMDK image could trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability, potentially leading to a 12-byte leak of sensitive information or a denial of service condition (DoS).

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2243
Issue Tracking issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2440934

Scores

CVSS v3 5.1
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 1.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (6)
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat/Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Published Feb 19, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 19, 2026