RHSA-2026:52950MediumCVSS 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: libgcrypt security update

Published
August 10, 2026
Last Modified
August 10, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-41989 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-41989 — Libgcrypt: Libgcrypt: Denial of Service and buffer overflow via crafted ECDH ciphertext

🎯 Affected products43

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debuginfo-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debuginfo-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debuginfo-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debuginfo-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debuginfo-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debuginfo-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debuginfo-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debuginfo-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debuginfo-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debuginfo-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debugsource-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debugsource-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debugsource-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debugsource-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debugsource-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debugsource-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debugsource-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debugsource-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debugsource-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-debugsource-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-devel-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • libgcrypt-devel-0:1.10.0-11.el9_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
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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: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

🔗 References (4)