RHSA-2026:85940HighCVSS 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: gvfs security update

Published
October 20, 2026
Last Modified
October 20, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-84268 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-84268 — gvfs: SFTP: heap-based buffer overflow in read_reply()

🎯 Affected products96

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-afc-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-afc-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-afc-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-afc-debuginfo-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-afc-debuginfo-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-afc-debuginfo-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-afc-debuginfo-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-afc-debuginfo-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-afp-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-afp-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-afp-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-afp-debuginfo-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-afp-debuginfo-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-afp-debuginfo-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-afp-debuginfo-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-afp-debuginfo-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-archive-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-archive-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-archive-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-archive-debuginfo-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-archive-debuginfo-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-archive-debuginfo-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • gvfs-archive-debuginfo-0:1.36.2-14.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
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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 vulnerability, do not connect to untrusted SFTP servers.

🔗 References (4)