Comparison Overview
Ubuntu

Ubuntu
A3212, London, GB
Last Update: 07/08/2026
Ubuntu is a community developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. Ubuntu is and always will be free of charge. You do not pay any licensing fees. You can download, use and share Ubuntu with your friends, family, school or business for a...

Red Hat
100 E. Davie St., Raleigh, NC, US, 27601
Last Update: 15/09/2026
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, edge, and Kubernetes technologies. We hire creative, passionate people who are ready to contribute their idea...
Compliance Ranges Comparison

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Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals
Incidents vs Software Development Industry Avg (This Year)
Ubuntu has 371.7% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.
Incidents vs Software Development Industry Avg (This Year)
No incidents recorded for Red Hat in 2026.
Incident History - Ubuntu (X = Date, Y = Severity)
Ubuntu cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries.
Incident History - Red Hat (X = Date, Y = Severity)
Red Hat cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries.
Notable Incidents

Ubuntu

Red Hat
FAQ
Latest Global CVEs
Exim before 4.100.1 allows SMTP smuggling in which the received message does not match any sent message, and instead depends on crafted data sent after a rejection during DATA processing.
Exim before 4.100.1, when Proxy-Protocol is used with an attacker-controlled proxy, allows attackers to read certain uninitialized data from stack memory.
Exim before 4.100.1, when certain non-default TLS settings are used with GnuTLS, has a use-after-free.
Exim before 4.100.1, when Proxy-Protocol is used with an attacker-controlled proxy, has an out-of-bounds write.
Mistral Vibe before 2.25.5 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the worktree creation process that executes git hooks before trust validation. Attackers can supply a repository with a crafted post-checkout hook that executes arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the user running Vibe.
- https://github.com/mistralai/mistral-vibe
- https://github.com/mistralai/mistral-vibe/blob/19b5b74faa78d0816b8d4d4c7d7543fc3520678c/vibe/core/git/repo.py#L411-L431
- https://github.com/mistralai/mistral-vibe/commit/c069ffa1e12fb5f2487b489217c40ab97721d553
- https://github.com/mistralai/mistral-vibe/issues/996
- https://github.com/mistralai/mistral-vibe/releases/tag/v2.25.5
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mistral-vibe-before-2.25.5-remote-code-execution-via-git-post-checkout