NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting gnupg2 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-GNUPG2-15127780
  • published28 Jan 2026
  • disclosed27 Jan 2026

Introduced: 27 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-24883  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:9 gnupg2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnupg2 package and not the gnupg2 package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In GnuPG before 2.5.17, a long signature packet length causes parse_signature to return success with sig->data[] set to a NULL value, leading to a denial of service (application crash).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1