RHSA-2026:56130 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for sg3_utils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The sg3_utils packages provide command-line utilities for devices that use the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) command sets.

Security Fix(es):

• sg3_utils: sg3_utils: arbitrary command execution via udev property injection in sg_inq --export (CVE-2026-16313)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• sg_inq output conformance for SCSI name string and ATA fields [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:RHEL-188162)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2502845 - CVE-2026-16313 sg3_utils: sg3_utils: arbitrary command execution via udev property injection in sg_inq --export

CVEs

• CVE-2026-16313

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important