Red Hat Security Advisory: gd security update
Affects Red Hat gdSource GCVE Database
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
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 2.3.3
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 12 Oct 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 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.