Red Hat Enterprise Linux up to 10 gvfs crlf injection

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7/8/9/10 and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component gvfs. Such manipulation leads to crlf injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-28296. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7/8/9/10. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component gvfs. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a crlf injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-93. The product uses CRLF (carriage return line feeds) as a special element, e.g. to separate lines or records, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes CRLF sequences from inputs. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in the FTP GVfs backend. A remote attacker could exploit this input validation vulnerability by supplying specially crafted file paths containing carriage return and line feed (CRLF) sequences. These unsanitized sequences allow the attacker to terminate intended FTP commands and inject arbitrary FTP commands, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or other severe impacts.

The advisory is available at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-28296 since 02/26/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/03/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 300279 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-28296), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (300279). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Operating System

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• Red Hat

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• Enterprise Linux

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• 6
• 7
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• 10

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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