Red Hat Security Advisory: gd security update
Affects Red Hat gdSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 3 Nov 2026, 05:31 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
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 updated gd packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the updates as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:81517 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these official patches fully mitigates the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-9672) exists in the libgd library when processing specially crafted GIF files. This vulnerability affects the GD library used for dynamic image creation in various formats. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with an update to address this issue in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. The vulnerability is rated as having an important security impact by Red Hat. The advisory provides updated packages to fix the flaw.