CVE-2026-16487Bootc: containers-common: bootc: automatic updates can apply unsigned mutable-tag content under default containers policy
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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.
- CVSS
- 8.1 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-345
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Received
- Record last updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 19, 2026
Affected products
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 redhat:enterprise_linux | 10 | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images redhat:hummingbird | 1 | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 redhat:openshift | 4 | CNA record |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16487vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2503686issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
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