RHSA-2026:1719HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: gnupg2 security update

Published
February 2, 2026
Last Modified
August 17, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-68973 →

📋 Description

CVE-2025-68973 — GnuPG: GnuPG: Information disclosure and potential arbitrary code execution via out-of-bounds write

🎯 Affected products35

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-debuginfo-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-debuginfo-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-debuginfo-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-debuginfo-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-debuginfo-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-debuginfo-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-debuginfo-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-debuginfo-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-debugsource-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-debugsource-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-debugsource-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-debugsource-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-debugsource-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-debugsource-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-debugsource-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-debugsource-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-smime-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-smime-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-smime-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-smime-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-smime-debuginfo-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-smime-debuginfo-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0)
  • gnupg2-smime-debuginfo-0:2.3.3-2.el9_0.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: To mitigate this issue, users should avoid processing untrusted or unverified input with GnuPG. Exercise caution when handling GnuPG-encrypted or signed data from unknown or suspicious sources, as specially crafted input could trigger the vulnerability. This operational control reduces the attack surface by limiting exposure to malicious data.

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