PT-2026-117234 · Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10+4

CVE-2026-16487

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Published

2026-10-19

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Updated

2026-10-19

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

VectorAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
A flaw was found in bootc when operating with the default containers signature policy. Automatic or manual upgrades of a mutable image tag may apply unsigned content for registries that fall through to insecureAcceptAnything, allowing an attacker who can update that tag to execute arbitrary OS content as the host root filesystem on reboot.

Fix

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-16487

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat Hardened Images
Red Hat Openshift Container Platform 4