RHSA-2026:61390 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: libXfont2 security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · August 31, 2026
Updated · October 7, 2026
Topic
An update for libXfont2 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 Important. 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
X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library
Security Fix(es):
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libxfont2: Font Server Client encoding[] Out-Of-Bounds Read/Write (CVE-2026-59679)
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libxfonts2: libXfont2: Privilege Escalation via Heap Buffer Overflow in Font Server Client (CVE-2026-44950)
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.