RHSA-2026:29016 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: libpng15 security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · June 24, 2026
Updated · October 31, 2026
Topic
An update for libpng15 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service.
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 libpng15 package provides libpng 1.5, an older version of the libpng. library for manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files. This version should be used only if you are unable to use the current version of libpng.
Security Fix(es):
- libpng: libpng: Arbitrary code execution due to use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2026-33416)
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.