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 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.