RHSA-2026:84594 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: environment-modules security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · October 19, 2026
Updated · October 21, 2026
Topic
An update for environment-modules is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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 environment-modules packages provide dynamic modification of user environment using module files. Each module file contains the information needed to configure the shell for an application. Once the package is initialized, the environment can be modified on a per-module basis using the "module" utility, which interprets module files.
Security Fix(es):
- environment-modules: Command injection in environment-modules Bash completion via malicious module names containing shell metacharacters (CVE-2026-85013)
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.