# CVE-2026-123177: Red Hat Hardened Images unauthorized privileged file access in dnf5daemon-server

Affects Red Hat Hardened Images with dnf5daemon-server installed and its D-Bus service reachable by local users. No fixed version is listed; the workaround is to remove or disable dnf5daemon-server.

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-125623
- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Exposure: Specific setups only
- Attention: Reference. No open trigger. (last checked 2026-11-13)
- Fix: none listed; see the vendor advisory
- Published: 2026-11-13 · Updated: 2026-11-13

CVE-2026-123177 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 8.4 (high) and affects Red Hat Hardened Images; no fixed version is listed; see the vendor advisory.

## Summary

A local attacker with low-level login access can exploit a flaw in the dnf5daemon-server component of the dnf5 package in Red Hat Hardened Images. By passing crafted URL or .rpm path patterns through unauthenticated D-Bus methods, the attacker can make a root-privileged package loader fetch or open local paths, which can disclose privileged content or exhaust disk space to deny service.

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

## Who should check

Teams running systems with dnf5daemon-server installed, such as Red Hat Hardened Images, where the daemon's D-Bus service is available to local users.

Source: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-123177 ("A flaw was found in dnf5daemon-server.")

## Affected

- dnf5: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in dnf5daemon-server. Unauthenticated D-Bus methods pass caller-controlled URL or .rpm path patterns into a root-privileged cmdline package loader that may store fetched content in a world-readable cache without size limits, or open local paths as root, allowing a local attacker to disclose privileged content and to deny service via disk exhaustion.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on dnf5, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, run the stack.check operation (execute) on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Check your systems with an agent

```text
Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-123177 (Dnf5: dnf5daemon-server: dnf5daemon-server: unauthenticated privileged cmdline package fetch/open via add_cmdline_packages), using the cve.now data below.

Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only.

What cve.now has for CVE-2026-123177 (entry last updated 2026-11-13):
Affected:
- Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images: version range not reported
Fixed versions: none listed yet.
Conditions (all must be true for the bug to be hit):
- dnf5daemon-server is installed, and its D-Bus service is reachable by local users. (source: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-123177)
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
Attacker needs: local access, low-privilege login, no user action.
Workaround: Remove or disable dnf5daemon-server, or restrict system D-Bus access to org.rpm.dnf.v0 to trusted users. (source: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123177)
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-123177 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for CVE-2026-123177 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one.

How to check:
- Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory.

Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2567426
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-123177
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123177
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-123177
Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing.

Report a table with one row per asset and these columns: Asset | Version or build | Status (affected, fixed, not applicable, unknown) | Compensating controls | Exposure (internet-facing, internal, none) | Evidence | Next action.

Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-123177
For follow-up questions, use the cve.now MCP server at https://mcp.cve.now/mcp (no authentication), for example execute with name cve.get and arguments {"id": "CVE-2026-123177"}.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-123177 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-123177

### What does this mean?

A local user can reach the root-run dnf5daemon-server and have it open or fetch packages from the command line without authentication. This can disclose privileged content the daemon can read and can deny service by exhausting disk space.

Source: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-123177, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123177

### Am I affected, and how do I check?

The issue requires dnf5daemon-server to be installed and its D-Bus service to be reachable by local users. The checked facts do not list affected versions, so check whether the package is installed on the system.

Source: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-123177, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123177

### How do I fix CVE-2026-123177?

No fixed version or vendor patch ID is listed. Remove or disable dnf5daemon-server, or restrict system D-Bus access to org.rpm.dnf.v0 to trusted users.

Source: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-123177, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123177

### What if there's no patch?

While no fix is listed, remove or disable dnf5daemon-server if GNOME Software or dnf5daemon-client is not required. Otherwise, restrict system D-Bus access to org.rpm.dnf.v0 to trusted users.

Source: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-123177, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123177

### Why do the sources disagree?

The description calls the issue unauthenticated, but the CVSS vector lists PR:L, which means privileges are required. The sources do not resolve this difference.

Source: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-123177, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123177

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## References

### CVE record

Establishes: The identifier and description.

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123177
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-123177

### Write-ups

Establishes: Technical detail and context.

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2567426

### Other links

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-123177

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