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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026, 05:30 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 19 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 updated gd packages for affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 variants that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply these official updates as detailed in Red Hat's advisory and article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the provided patches.

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 image processing library used for dynamic image creation. Red Hat has issued a security advisory and released updates for affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 variants to address this issue.

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