Red Hat Security Advisory: gd security update
Affects Red Hat gdSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 9 Nov 2026, 09:07 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 9 Nov 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 8 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated gd packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Life Cycle Support Extension that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:96206 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the libgd library when processing specially crafted GIF files. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-9672 and affects the GD open source code library used for dynamic image creation. The issue has been addressed in an update provided by Red Hat for their Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6. The vulnerability is rated as having an important security impact by Red Hat.