RHSA-2026:85102 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: gd security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · October 19, 2026
Updated · November 3, 2026
Topic
An update for gd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On.
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
GD is an open source code library for the dynamic creation of images by programmers. GD creates PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, XPM, BMP images, among other formats.
Security Fix(es):
- libgd: buffer overflow when processing specially crafted GIF file (CVE-2026-9672)
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.