RHSA-2026:49758 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: perl-GD security update
Severity
CriticalRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · August 4, 2026
Updated · August 4, 2026
Topic
An update for perl-GD is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. 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
This is a autoloadable interface module for GD, a popular library for creating and manipulating PNG files. With this library you can create PNG images on the fly or modify existing files.
Security Fix(es):
- perl-GD: perl-GD: Arbitrary command execution and file overwrite via crafted filenames (CVE-2026-11526)
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.