RHSA-2026:54752HighCVSS 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free security update

Published
August 14, 2026
Last Modified
August 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2026-59692 →CVE-2026-59691 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-59691 — gstreamer: gstreamer: rfbsrc/librfb Hextile heap out-of-bounds write with 16bpp framebuffer CVE-2026-59692 — gstreamer: gstreamer: DTLS certificate Subject DN stack buffer overflow in openssl_verify_callback

🎯 Affected products38

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel-0:1.10.4-7.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
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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: There is no complete mitigation for this vulnerability. The following measures can reduce risk: 1. Do not connect GStreamer pipelines using rfbsrc to untrusted or unknown VNC servers. 2. If the rfbsrc plugin is not required, remove the librfb plugin shared object from the GStreamer plugins directory (typically /usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/libgstrfbsrc.so). 3. Network-level controls (firewall rules) can restrict outbound VNC connections to trusted servers only. Workaround: There is no complete mitigation for this vulnerability. The following measures can reduce risk: 1. If WebRTC/DTLS functionality is not required, remove the DTLS plugin shared object from the GStreamer plugins directory (typically /usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/libgstdtls.so). 2. Restrict network access to WebRTC/DTLS endpoints to trusted peers only via firewall rules. 3. Deploy GStreamer WebRTC services behind a reverse proxy or media server that validates DTLS certificates before forwarding.

🔗 References (5)