ESB-2026.3933
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7 HIGH
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2026.3933
giflib security update
21 April 2026
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AUSCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: giflib
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2026-23868
Original Bulletin:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8858
Comment: CVSS (Max): 7.0 CVE-2026-23868 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS Source: Red Hat
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (Max): 0.0% (4th) CVE-2026-23868 2026-04-19
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RHSA-2026:8858 - Security Advisory
Issued: 2026-04-20
Updated: 2026-04-20
Synopsis
Giflib security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
An update for giflib is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of
Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives
a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE
link(s) in the References section.
Description
giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images.
Security Fix(es):
o giflib: Giflib: Double-free vulnerability leading to memory corruption
(CVE-2026-23868)
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.
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described
in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Affected Products
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 10 x86_64
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 10 s390x
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 10 ppc64le
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 10 aarch64
o Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 10 x86_64
o Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 10 ppc64le
o Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 10 aarch64
o Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 10 s390x
Fixes
o BZ - 2446207 - CVE-2026-23868 giflib: Giflib: Double-free vulnerability
leading to memory corruption
CVEs
o CVE-2026-23868
References
o https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
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