RHSA-2026:77371 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for the mod_auth_openidc:2.3 module 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

The mod_auth_openidc is an OpenID Connect authentication module for Apache HTTP Server. It enables an Apache HTTP Server to operate as an OpenID Connect Relying Party and/or OAuth 2.0 Resource Server.

Security Fix(es):

• cjose: cjose: Heap buffer overflow in AES Key Wrap decryption leads to denial of service (CVE-2026-53938)

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
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle Long Life 8.6 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle Long Life 8.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle Long Life 8.6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2530240 - CVE-2026-53938 cjose: cjose: Heap buffer overflow in AES Key Wrap decryption leads to denial of service

CVEs

• CVE-2026-53938

References

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