CVE-2026-23868
medium
CVSS v3
5.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.1
Description
Important: giflib security update
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
51%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | affected | |
| debian | sid | affected | |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
| sles | affected | | |
| rocky | 9 | fixed | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| giflib_project | giflib | {"startIncluding":"5.0.0","endIncluding":"6.1.1"} | |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19367
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8859
- https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/code/ci/f5b7267aed3665ef025c13823e454170d031c106/tree/gifalloc.c?diff=5146815377b7395944cb683a08c43eee3f631eb7
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2026-23868
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-23868
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23868.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8861
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2446207
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-8861.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-19367.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-8859.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:8859
CWEs
CWE-415
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.