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 5 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 that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:75680. Details on applying the update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated.
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-9672) exists in the libgd component of the GD library when processing specially crafted GIF files. GD is an open source library used for dynamic image creation supporting multiple formats including PNG, JPEG, and GIF. Red Hat has released security updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to address this issue.