# CVE-2026-122056: Openscap: one-byte heap buffer overflow in sds-compose may lead to denial-of-service

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-11-09 · Updated: 2026-11-09

CVE-2026-122056 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 5.9 (medium) and affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 3 more; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

The OpenSCAP software contains a heap buffer overflow that can be triggered by processing a specially crafted XCCDF document with the sds-compose option. An attacker who can reach the affected system over the network and needs low-privilege login can crash the application, causing a denial of service.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- openscap: version range not reported
- openscap: version range not reported
- openscap: version range not reported
- openscap: version range not reported
- openscap: version range not reported
- openscap: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in OpenSCAP. A heap-based buffer overflow can occur when processing a specially crafted Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF) document using the sds-compose option. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory, resulting in an application crash and a Denial of Service (DoS).

## What to do

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-122056
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2567100

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