RHSA-2026:61245: Important: osbuild-composer security update

Published Aug 31, 2026
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Updated

A service for building customized OS artifacts, such as VM images and OSTree commits, that uses osbuild under the hood. Besides building images for local usage, it can also upload images directly to cloud. It is compatible with composer-cli and cockpit-composer clients.Security Fix(es): google.golang.org/grpc/grpc-go: google.golang.org/grpc/authz: gRPC-Go: Authorization bypass due to improper HTTP/2 path validation (CVE-2026-33186) golang.org/x/net/idna: golang: net/http: golang.org/x/net/idna: Privilege escalation via incorrect Punycode label processing (CVE-2026-39821) 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.

Affected Software

36 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/osbuild-composer<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-core<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-core-debuginfo<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-debuginfo<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-debugsource<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-dnf-json<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-tests-debuginfo<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-worker<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-worker-debuginfo<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-core<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-core-debuginfo<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-debuginfo<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-debugsource<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-dnf-json<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-tests-debuginfo<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-worker<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-worker-debuginfo<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer<76.1-7.el9_2.aa
76.1-7.el9_2.aa
redhat/osbuild-composer-core<76.1-7.el9_2.aa
76.1-7.el9_2.aa
redhat/osbuild-composer-core-debuginfo<76.1-7.el9_2.aa
76.1-7.el9_2.aa
redhat/osbuild-composer-debuginfo<76.1-7.el9_2.aa
76.1-7.el9_2.aa
redhat/osbuild-composer-debugsource<76.1-7.el9_2.aa
76.1-7.el9_2.aa
redhat/osbuild-composer-dnf-json<76.1-7.el9_2.aa
76.1-7.el9_2.aa
redhat/osbuild-composer-tests-debuginfo<76.1-7.el9_2.aa
76.1-7.el9_2.aa
redhat/osbuild-composer-worker<76.1-7.el9_2.aa
76.1-7.el9_2.aa
redhat/osbuild-composer-worker-debuginfo<76.1-7.el9_2.aa
76.1-7.el9_2.aa
redhat/osbuild-composer-core<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-core-debuginfo<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-debuginfo<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-debugsource<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-dnf-json<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-tests-debuginfo<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-worker<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2
redhat/osbuild-composer-worker-debuginfo<76.1-7.el9_2
76.1-7.el9_2

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer-core to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer-core-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer-debugsource to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer-dnf-json to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer-tests-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer-worker to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer-worker-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2.aa
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer-core to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2.aa
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer-core-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2.aa
  13. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2.aa
  14. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer-debugsource to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2.aa
  15. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer-dnf-json to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2.aa
  16. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer-tests-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2.aa
  17. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer-worker to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2.aa
  18. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/osbuild-composer-worker-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 76.1-7.el9_2.aa
  19. Upgrade

    Upgrade golang.org/x/net/idna to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2026-39821
  20. Upgrade

    Upgrade google.golang.org/grpc/grpc-go to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2026-33186

Event History

Aug 31, 2026
Advisory Published
via Red Hat·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·12:00 AM
RemedyDescriptionAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

Which installed components are covered by this update?

The advisory covers osbuild-composer, osbuild-composer-core, osbuild-composer-worker, osbuild-composer-dnf-json, and the listed debug, debuginfo, and test-debuginfo packages.

2

What security issues are addressed?

The update addresses an authorization bypass in gRPC-Go caused by improper HTTP/2 path validation (CVE-2026-33186) and a privilege-escalation issue in golang.org/x/net/idna caused by incorrect Punycode label processing (CVE-2026-39821).

3

Which deployments are potentially exposed?

Deployments using osbuild-composer to build customized OS artifacts, including VM images and OSTree commits, are within the affected product scope. The service can build images locally or upload images directly to cloud environments.

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