RHSA-2026:59020 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for sqlite is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On.

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

SQLite is a C library that implements an SQL database engine. A large subset of SQL92 is supported. A complete database is stored in a single disk file. The API is designed for convenience and ease of use. Applications that link against SQLite can enjoy the power and flexibility of an SQL database without the administrative hassles of supporting a separate database server.

Security Fix(es):

• sqlite: SQLite: Arbitrary code execution via crafted FTS5 full-text search data (CVE-2026-11822)
• sqlite: SQLite: Arbitrary code execution and crash via heap-based buffer overflow in FTS5 (CVE-2026-11824)

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 - Extended Life Cycle Long Life 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64

Fixes

CVEs

• CVE-2026-11822
• CVE-2026-11824

References

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