RHSA-2026:26224 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: libexif security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · June 16, 2026
Updated · July 12, 2026
Topic
An update for libexif is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The libexif packages provide a library for extracting extra information from image files.
Security Fix(es):
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libexif: libexif: Information disclosure and crashes via integer overflow in Nikon MakerNote handling (CVE-2026-40385)
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libexif: libexif: Denial of Service and information disclosure via integer underflow in MakerNote decoding (CVE-2026-40386)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.