Red Hat
CompanyRed Hat, LLC is an American software company that provides open source software products to enterprises and is a subsidiary of IBM. Founded in 1993, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, with other offices worldwide.
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Facts
- Country
- United StatesSource: Wikidata
- Founded
- 1993Source: Wikidata
- Founded by
- Bob Young, Marc EwingSource: Wikidata
- CEO
- Matt HicksSource: Wikidata
- Parent company
- IBMSource: Wikidata
- Headquarters
- RaleighSource: Wikidata
- Employees
- 19,000 (2022)Source: Wikidata
- Sector
- Software industrySource: Wikidata
- Listed on
- New York Stock Exchange (RHT)Source: Wikidata
- Subsidiaries
- Red Hat (Israel), Red Hat (United Kingdom), Red Hat Czech, Red Hat Germany, StackRoxSource: Wikidata
- Products
- 389 Directory Server, Fedora Linux, software, WildFlySource: Wikidata
- Official website
- www.redhat.comSource: Wikidata
- Wikipedia
- Read on WikipediaSource: Wikidata
Security timeline
- Security update reported by Red Hat Security BlogRed Hat outlines how Lightwell patches move into production via Ansible orchestration
- Security update reported by Red Hat Security BlogRed Hat blog explains backporting security fixes to open source dependencies
- Vulnerability reported by Canadian Centre for Cyber SecurityCanadian Cyber Centre flags vulnerabilities across many Red Hat products
Recent news
Red Hat blog examines post-quantum cryptography risks for enterprise AI
Red Hat's security blog discusses how cryptographically relevant quantum computers could undermine the cryptography protecting enterprise AI. It names trained models, proprietary data and exposed inference endpoints on Red Hat AI Enterprise as the assets at risk. The excerpt is truncated and gives no timelines, versions or mitigations.
Red Hat outlines how Lightwell patches move into production via Ansible orchestration
Red Hat describes moving Lightwell patches into production by orchestrating the release lifecycle. Lightwell supplies signed, version-specific binary fixes for eligible application dependencies without forcing major framework or runtime upgrades. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform manages the path from continuous integration through to production, covering integration testing, change management, controlled traffic draining and patch verification.
Red Hat blog explains backporting security fixes to open source dependencies
The Red Hat Security Blog article, which is truncated, argues that enterprises often break because of changes in third-party open source dependencies rather than custom code. It says that when a high-severity vulnerability is found in a library, teams face a choice between a rushed major version upgrade and staying exposed during validation. The post, titled around Lightwell, presents upstream collaboration and dependency backports as the way to get security fixes into the versions enterprises actually run.
Canadian Cyber Centre flags vulnerabilities across many Red Hat products
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security issued advisory AV26-1111 on 2 November 2026, stating that as of 30 October 2026 Red Hat products were affected by vulnerabilities. Listed products include Red Hat Build of Keycloak, Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 6 to 10, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 and 8, OpenShift Container Platform 4 and 5, and Red Hat Hardened Images, among others, with all versions shown as affected. Administrators should review Red Hat's linked security advisory and apply fixes as they are released.