Red Hat Security Advisory: gd security update
Affects Red Hat gdSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 3 Nov 2026, 05:30 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 19 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 updated gd packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:85132 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these official patches fully mitigates the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated or required beyond applying the update.
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the libgd library when processing specially crafted GIF files. This issue affects the GD open source library used for dynamic image creation in various formats. Red Hat has issued an important security update addressing this flaw in their Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants. The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-9672 and is rated with high severity by Red Hat. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory. The flaw could potentially lead to memory corruption when handling malicious GIF images.