RHSA-2026:1702 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: fence-agents security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · February 2, 2026
Updated · November 1, 2026
Topic
An update for fence-agents is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service.
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 fence-agents packages provide a collection of scripts for handling remote power management for cluster devices. They allow failed or unreachable nodes to be forcibly restarted and removed from the cluster.
Security Fix(es):
- urllib3: urllib3: Unbounded decompression chain leads to resource exhaustion (CVE-2025-66418)
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.