Red Hat Satellite 6.16-6.18 Updates Fix 17 CVEs
Tech GuruQuick Answer
Red Hat published security errata for Satellite 6.16, 6.17 and 6.18. Inventory Satellite servers and managed agents, match the exact product and RHEL base, install the supported OpenVox and yggdrasil updates, validate management workflows, and retain evidence.
Confirm Scope And Apply The Supported Remediation
What to do now: Inventory Satellite 6.16 through 6.18 servers, capsules and managed agents, RHEL bases, OpenVox and yggdrasil packages, repositories, owners, and maintenance windows. Match each deployment to its Satellite and RHEL combination; do not install packages from another Satellite release or assume all 17 CVEs share prerequisites. Install the signed OpenVox and yggdrasil packages listed in the corresponding RHSA through Red Hat's supported Satellite update procedure. Confirm package and service versions, test registration, content sync, remote execution, configuration management and recovery, review failures, and retain evidence.
Last verified: 2026-10-30 UTC. Recheck the authoritative advisory and supported distribution channel before changing production.
Scope And Authority
| Product scope | Red Hat Satellite 6.16, 6.17, and 6.18 |
|---|---|
| Advisory | RHSA-2026:92860 / RHSA-2026:92858 / RHSA-2026:92859 |
| CVEs | CVE-2026-111943, CVE-2026-18660, CVE-2026-19203, CVE-2026-56852, CVE-2026-59646, CVE-2026-63072, CVE-2026-63076, CVE-2026-68494, CVE-2026-68497, CVE-2026-78667, CVE-2026-78669, CVE-2026-84445, CVE-2026-8924, CVE-2026-89407, CVE-2026-89425, CVE-2026-94440, CVE-2026-97031 |
| Authoritative release date | 2026-10-29 21:37:57 UTC |
| Authority revision date | 2026-10-30 00:55:21 UTC |
| Affected versions | Advisory-listed packages on Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8; Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9; Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9; Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9, before the exact fixed builds in the corresponding RHSA. |
| Fixed version | openvox-agent-0:8.31.1-1.el8sat.src; openvox-agent-0:8.31.1-1.el9sat.src; openvox-server-0:8.17.0-1.el8sat.src; openvox-server-0:8.17.0-1.el9sat.src; yggdrasil-worker-forwarder-0:0.1.1-1.el8sat.src; yggdrasil-worker-forwarder-0:0.1.1-1.el9sat.src |
| CVSS base score | 5.9-8.2 (CVSS v3.1; advisory-specific) |
| CVSS severity | Medium to High |
| Exploitation status | Red Hat does not state that these vulnerabilities are being maliciously exploited.; no exploitation claim is inferred. |
What Changed
Three Satellite errata update OpenVox agent and server components and the yggdrasil worker forwarder for 17 CVEs. Red Hat rates the grouped errata Important; individual CVSS scores and prerequisites differ by CVE.
What To Validate Now
- Inventory. Inventory Satellite 6.16 through 6.18 servers, capsules and managed agents, RHEL bases, OpenVox and yggdrasil packages, repositories, owners, and maintenance windows.
- Establish applicability. Match each deployment to its Satellite and RHEL combination; do not install packages from another Satellite release or assume all 17 CVEs share prerequisites.
- Remediate. Install the signed OpenVox and yggdrasil packages listed in the corresponding RHSA through Red Hat's supported Satellite update procedure.
- Validate. Confirm package and service versions, test registration, content sync, remote execution, configuration management and recovery, review failures, and retain evidence.
- Retain evidence. Preserve asset and owner identifiers, the applicability decision, before-and-after versions, change approval, installation output, validation results, and any exception or rollback record.
Operational Cautions
Satellite upgrades affect fleet management and repository delivery. Back up configuration and databases, stage dependent components, and preserve supported release sequencing.
Evidence To Retain
- Exact product, release stream, package or application version, enabled feature, environment, and accountable owner.
- UTC timestamps, authority revision, approved change record, installer or package-manager output, and resulting version.
- Relevant logs and monitoring evidence, test results, exceptions, compensating controls, and rollback decisions.
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Authoritative References
Correction policy: If the authority changes affected versions, fixed versions, severity, exploitation information, mitigations, or required action, TechGeeks will update this notice and its verification date.
