RHSA-2026:70636MediumCVSS 7.1

Red Hat Security Advisory: glib2 security update

Published
September 23, 2026
Last Modified
September 28, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16118 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-16118 — xdgmime: heap-based buffer overflow in _xdg_mime_magic_parse_magic_line() in xdgmimemagic.c

🎯 Affected products58

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-devel-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)
  • glib2-devel-0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)
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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: Do not install a MIME magic file or content from untrusted sources.

🔗 References (4)