CVE-2026-16529: high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Pcp: pcp: denial of service due to signed integer overflow
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.5epss 0.5%
A signed integer overflow in the PCP __pmGetPDU() function can be exploited via crafted network packets during PDU processing or SASL negotiation. This permanently blinds the affected daemon, resulting in a total denial of service (DoS) for subsequent packet reads.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update SupportRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-OnRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-OnRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update ServiceRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update SupportRed Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5Related CVEs — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
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References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55560https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55617https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55740https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72272https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72273https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72593https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72594https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73767https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74612https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74613https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16529https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506032