Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libgcrypt20 (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published23 Apr 2026
- disclosed23 Apr 2026
Introduced: 23 Apr 2026
CVE-2026-41989 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:11.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgcrypt20 package and not the libgcrypt20 package as distributed by Debian.
Libgcrypt before 1.12.2 sometimes allows a heap-based buffer overflow and denial of service via crafted ECDH ciphertext to gcry_pk_decrypt.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-41989
- https://dev.gnupg.org/T8211
- https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2026q2/000503.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/21/1
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html