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CVE-2026-9672VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: gd security update

Affects Red Hat gdSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited · fixed in Red Hat package updates : patch Red Hat gd soon.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026, 05:31 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Patch
Available – fixed in 2.3.3

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 12 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 2 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an official security update for the gd package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Users should apply the update gd-2.3.3-20.el10_2.1 or later to remediate this vulnerability. Refer to the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:81518 and the update article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed instructions. No additional mitigation steps are indicated.

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-9672) exists in the libgd library when processing specially crafted GIF files. This vulnerability affects the GD open source library used for dynamic image creation. Red Hat has issued a security update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 to address this issue.

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