RHSA-2026:73261HighCVSS 7.1
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Virtualization v4.16 Images
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
CVE-2026-71556 — github.com/go-git/go-git/v5: go-git: Arbitrary file read/write via symbolic link resolution
🎯 Affected products3
- Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.16
- registry.redhat.io/container-native-virtualization/cnv-must-gather-rhel9@sha256:02a5f546821b444f0278ce61d908fb624bbbdecf148c33271fe21c29f3a3635a_arm64 as a component of Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.16
- registry.redhat.io/container-native-virtualization/cnv-must-gather-rhel9@sha256:43a6f25e954675a197d389f3873d80b5b04305397a2459966add849e7b11e0a4_amd64 as a component of Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.16
✅ Remediation
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: To reduce the risk of exploitation, do not clone or run worktree operations (checkout, status, add) on Git repositories originating from untrusted or attacker-controllable sources using an affected version of go-git. The issue is resolved by updating to go-git 5.19.2 or 6.0.0-alpha.5 (or later).