CVE-2026-19654 Denial of service in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
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:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-crypto AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-doc AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-elasticsearch AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-gnutls AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-gssapi AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-kafka AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-mmaudit AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-mmfields AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-mmjsonparse AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-mmkubernetes AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-mmnormalize AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-mysql AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-omamqp1 AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-openssl AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-pgsql AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-relp AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-snmp AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog-udpspoof AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 8.2510.0-5.el10_2.1 |
rsyslog AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-crypto AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-doc AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-elasticsearch AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-gnutls AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-gssapi AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-kafka AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-logrotate AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-mmaudit AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-mmfields AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-mmjsonparse AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-mmkubernetes AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-mmnormalize AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-mysql AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-omamqp1 AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-openssl AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-pgsql AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-relp AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.el9_8.1 |
rsyslog-snmp AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 8.2510.0-2.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.