Red Hat Security Advisory: fontforge security update
Affects Red Hat fontforgeSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 18:22 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 updated FontForge packages for Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder 9 and 9.8 Extended Update Support to fix this vulnerability. Users should apply these official updates promptly following Red Hat's guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are specified or required beyond applying the provided patches.
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 9 and its Extended Update Support 9.8 variants. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with an important severity rating and provided updated packages to address this flaw.