CVE-2026-23865

MEDIUMNVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-03-02. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

An integer overflow in the tt_var_load_item_variation_store function of the Freetype library in versions 2.13.2 and 2.13.3 may allow for an out of bounds read operation when parsing HVAR/VVAR/MVAR tables in OpenType variable fonts. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.2.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EPSS
3.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 2, 2026

Last Modified

May 1, 2026

References (4)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-23865(19)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(28)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuopenjdk-8-source (8u492-ga~us2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1) @ xenial2026-06-12ubuntu
ubuntuopenjdk-11-source (11.0.31+11-1ubuntu1~20.04.2) @ focal2026-06-12ubuntu
ubuntuopenjdk-17-crac-source (17.0.19+10-0ubuntu1~26.04.1) @ resolute2026-06-12ubuntu
ubuntuopenjdk-25-crac-testsupport (25.0.3+9-0ubuntu1~26.04.1) @ resolute2026-06-12ubuntu
ubuntuopenjdk-21-crac-testsupport (21.0.11+10-0ubuntu1~25.10.1) @ questing2026-06-12ubuntu
ubuntuopenjdk-21-testsupport (21.0.11+10-1~25.10.2) @ questing2026-06-12ubuntu
ubuntuopenjdk-17-source (17.0.19+10-1~24.04.2) @ noble2026-06-12ubuntu
ubuntuopenjdk-26-testsupport (26.0.1+8-2~26.04.2) @ resolute2026-06-12ubuntu
ubuntulibfreetype6 (2.13.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1) @ questing2026-06-12ubuntu
ubuntuopenjdk-25-testsupport (25.0.3+9-2~22.04.2) @ jammy2026-06-12ubuntu
redhatjava-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-1:21.0.11.0.10-2.el10_12026-06-01redhat
redhatjava-25-openjdk-windows2026-04-30redhat
redhatjava-21-openjdk-1:21.0.11.0.10-1.el92026-04-24redhat
redhatjava-17-openjdk-1:17.0.19.0.10-1.el92026-04-24redhat
redhatjava-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.492.b09-1.el92026-04-24redhat
redhatjava-25-openjdk-portable2026-04-23redhat
redhatjava-21-openjdk-windows2026-04-23redhat
redhatjava-17-openjdk-windows2026-04-23redhat
redhatjava-1.8.0-openjdk-portable2026-04-23redhat
redhatjava-1.8.0-openjdk-windows2026-04-23redhat
redhatjava-21-openjdk-portable2026-04-23redhat
redhatjava-17-openjdk-portable2026-04-23redhat
redhatjava-11-openjdk-windows2026-04-22redhat
redhatjava-25-openjdk-1:25.0.3.0.9-1.el92026-04-22redhat
redhatjava-11-openjdk-portable2026-04-22redhat
redhatjava-11-openjdk-1:11.0.31.0.11-1.el92026-04-22redhat
redhatjava-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.492.b09-1.el7_92026-04-22redhat
redhatfreetype-main-2.14.3-1.hum12026-04-13redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(6)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-23865?
CVE-2026-23865 is a medium vulnerability published on March 2, 2026. An integer overflow in the ttvarloaditemvariation_store function of the Freetype library in versions 2.13.2 and 2.13.3 may allow for an out of bounds read operation when parsing HVAR/VVAR/MVAR tables in OpenType variable fonts. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.2.
When was CVE-2026-23865 disclosed?
CVE-2026-23865 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 2, 2026, with the most recent update on May 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-23865 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-23865 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 3.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-23865?
CVE-2026-23865 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-23865?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-23865, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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