CVE-2026-120399Red Hat Edge Manager 1 vulnerability
CVE-2026-120399 is a vulnerability in Red Hat Edge Manager 1, rated high (7.5 on CVSS 3.1).
Why this priority: High severity, with no exploitation signal yet.
Published · Updated · NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
What it is
The record does not classify the weakness yet; the description below says what the reporter found.
How it is reached
An attacker can exploit it over the network, without an account, and nobody has to click anything.
What an attacker gains
A successful attack can take it offline.
Is it being exploited?
There is no public report of exploitation yet.
What to do
- No fixed version is listed yet. Find every place Red Hat Edge Manager 1 runs, watch the references for a fix, and plan a replacement if it is no longer supported.
- While there is no fix, keep it off the internet or behind a VPN, allowlist or authenticating proxy.
Description from NVD
A flaw was found in flightctl. A TLS handshake is performed synchronously in the HTTP server’s connection-context callback without a deadline. A network-reachable unauthenticated client can stall the handshake and prevent the affected listener from accepting new connections.
What this means for your architecture.
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Components it touches
- Red Hat Edge Manager 1. Start from where it runs and what it is connected to.
Trust boundaries in play
- Internet-facing entry points. No account is needed. Any instance reachable from outside your perimeter, through a load balancer, gateway, VPN or exposed admin port, is in scope.
Questions to answer about your own systems
- Where does Red Hat Edge Manager 1 run in your systems, and at which version?
- Which of those instances can be reached from the internet or partner networks?
- What can it reach once compromised: which data stores, secrets and services?
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Sources
- CVE records and CVSS scores from the NVD CVE API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Exploitation status from CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
- Exploit likelihood from FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), refreshed daily.
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