PT-2026-117246 · Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10+4

CVE-2026-16460

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Published

2026-10-19

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Updated

2026-10-19

CVSS v3.1

7.4

High

VectorAV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
A flaw was found in bootc and ostree. Already-staged deployments are finalized without revalidating the deployment's container image against the current containers signature policy. Unsigned OS content staged under a prior permissive policy can remain bootable after policy is hardened to reject unsigned images, leading to full host compromise on reboot.

Fix

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-16460

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