RHSA-2026:36728 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: libtasn1 security update
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · July 8, 2026
Updated · October 15, 2026
Topic
An update for libtasn1 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. 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
A library that provides Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1, as specified by the X.680 ITU-T recommendation) parsing and structures management, and Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER, as per X.690) encoding and decoding functions.
Security Fix(es):
- libtasn1: libtasn1: Denial of Service via stack-based buffer overflow in asn1_expend_octet_string (CVE-2025-13151)
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.