Red Hat Updates RHEL Network and Web Stack Packages
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Red Hat published six errata for BIND, dnsmasq, httpd, curl and python3.12-urllib3. Inventory exact packages and support streams, install only the matching signed builds, restart affected services, validate DNS and web paths, and retain repository and change evidence.
Confirm Scope And Apply The Supported Remediation
What to do now: Inventory RHEL systems with BIND, dnsmasq, httpd, curl or python3.12-urllib3, exact packages, module and ELS streams, exposed services, owners, and maintenance windows. Match each package and host to its RHSA and repository; do not treat this grouped notice as one package set for every RHEL system because CVE prerequisites differ. Install the exact signed package or module builds listed by the corresponding RHSA and restart DNS and HTTP services where required. Confirm installed and running versions, test DNS resolution, web serving, TLS and dependent clients, review failed transactions and service logs, 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 | RHEL BIND, dnsmasq, httpd, curl, and python3.12-urllib3 packages on the advisory-listed streams |
|---|---|
| Advisory | RHSA-2026:92474 / RHSA-2026:92419 / RHSA-2026:92677 / RHSA-2026:92590 / RHSA-2026:92616 / RHSA-2026:92907 |
| CVEs | CVE-2024-42516, CVE-2026-19630, CVE-2026-2291, CVE-2026-28780, CVE-2026-29167, CVE-2026-29169, CVE-2026-33006, CVE-2026-33007, CVE-2026-33857, CVE-2026-34032, CVE-2026-34059, CVE-2026-34355, CVE-2026-42536, CVE-2026-44185, CVE-2026-44186, CVE-2026-46729, CVE-2026-48005, CVE-2026-4890, CVE-2026-4891, CVE-2026-4892, CVE-2026-4893, CVE-2026-5172, CVE-2026-56153, CVE-2026-56154, CVE-2026-63045, CVE-2026-63292, CVE-2026-63686, CVE-2026-63718, CVE-2026-73636, CVE-2026-73637, CVE-2026-8932, CVE-2026-93546, CVE-2026-94300, CVE-2026-96888, CVE-2026-97313, CVE-2026-97687, CVE-2026-97689 |
| Authoritative release date | 2026-10-30 01:23:52 UTC |
| Authority revision date | 2026-10-30 01:24:27 UTC |
| Affected versions | Advisory-listed packages on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0); Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9); Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10); Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS); Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS), before the exact fixed builds in the corresponding RHSA. |
| Fixed version | bind-32:9.18.33-15.el10_2.14.src; curl-0:7.76.1-40.el9_8.9.src; dnsmasq-0:2.90-4.el10_0.1.src; httpd-0:2.4.37-65.module+el8.10.0+25092+6f3ea0dd.13.src::httpd:2.4; httpd-0:2.4.6-99.el7_9.8.src; mod_http2-0:1.15.7-10.module+el8.10.0+24521+219dcfc5.7.src::httpd:2.4; mod_md-1:2.0.8-8.module+el8.10.0+24941+3af7c60a.4.src::httpd:2.4; python3.12-urllib3-0:1.26.19-5.el8_10.src |
| CVSS base score | 3.7-8.8 (CVSS v3.1; advisory-specific) |
| CVSS severity | Low to High |
| Exploitation status | Red Hat does not state that these vulnerabilities are being maliciously exploited.; no exploitation claim is inferred. |
What Changed
Six errata update core DNS, web-server and client-library packages on specific RHEL and ELS streams. Red Hat rates the grouped errata Important, Moderate; individual CVSS scores and prerequisites differ by CVE.
What To Validate Now
- Inventory. Inventory RHEL systems with BIND, dnsmasq, httpd, curl or python3.12-urllib3, exact packages, module and ELS streams, exposed services, owners, and maintenance windows.
- Establish applicability. Match each package and host to its RHSA and repository; do not treat this grouped notice as one package set for every RHEL system because CVE prerequisites differ.
- Remediate. Install the exact signed package or module builds listed by the corresponding RHSA and restart DNS and HTTP services where required.
- Validate. Confirm installed and running versions, test DNS resolution, web serving, TLS and dependent clients, review failed transactions and service logs, 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
The group spans RHEL 7 ELS through RHEL 10 and modular packages. Preserve repository and module boundaries, stage service restarts, and maintain rollback.
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.
