CVE-2026-19654 Denial of service in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

High 7.5 Published Updated

An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash rsyslogd by sending crafted input to the optional imptcp module, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2026-19654?

CVE-2026-19654 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 12 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A unauthenticated remote peer may lead rsyslogd to crash due to a flaw in the optional imptcp module. A crafted input sequence during oversize-frame recovery can cause an invalid internal message length and terminate rsyslogd. No confidentiality or integrity impact, privilege escalation, or code execution has been identified. imtcp and the default imptcp framing modes are not affected.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-19654?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (40)
rsyslog AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-crypto AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-doc AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-elasticsearch AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-gnutls AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-gssapi AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-kafka AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-mmaudit AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-mmfields AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-mmjsonparse AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-mmkubernetes AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-mmnormalize AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-mysql AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-omamqp1 AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-openssl AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-pgsql AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-relp AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-snmp AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog-udpspoof AlmaLinux:10All versions8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1
rsyslog AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-crypto AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-doc AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-elasticsearch AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-gnutls AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-gssapi AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-kafka AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-logrotate AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-mmaudit AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-mmfields AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-mmjsonparse AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-mmkubernetes AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-mmnormalize AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-mysql AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-omamqp1 AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-openssl AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-pgsql AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-relp AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1
rsyslog-snmp AlmaLinux:9All versions8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1

Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux, Rsyslog Rsyslog.

How do I fix CVE-2026-19654?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2026-19654 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-19654 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as ALSA-2026:67583, ALSA-2026:67584, AZL-95958, CLSA-2026-1787819520, CLSA-2026-1788196350, CLSA-2026-1788262732 and 14 more.

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