Red Hat Security Advisory: fontforge security update
Affects Red Hat fontforgeSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 18:21 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 6 Apr 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an official security update for FontForge in the CodeReady Linux Builder Extended Update Support 9.6. Users should apply this update promptly to remediate the vulnerability. Detailed update instructions are available at Red Hat's advisory article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258).
Description
A security vulnerability in FontForge, a font editor supporting multiple font formats, allows remote code execution via malicious SFD file parsing. This issue is tracked as CVE-2025-15270 and affects Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder Extended Update Support 9.6 versions. Red Hat has issued a security update to address this vulnerability.