| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 5.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component gfs2-utils. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-71222. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (unknown version). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component gfs2-utils. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
A heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in gfs2-utils. The ea_num_ptrs field from on-disk extended attribute metadata is consumed without bounds validation, causing a heap buffer over-read that may disclose sensitive memory contents or cause a crash when processing crafted GFS2 filesystem images.
The advisory is available at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-71222 since 08/05/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. 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 $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/03/2026).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔒VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0
VulDB Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 5.3
CNA Vector (redhat): 🔒
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Out-of-boundsCWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Timeline
08/05/2026 CVE reserved09/03/2026 Advisory disclosed
09/03/2026 VulDB entry created
09/03/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: redhat.comAdvisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2026-71222 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-71222
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-398410
Entry
Created: 09/03/2026 15:09Changes: 09/03/2026 15:09 (61)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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