CVE-2026-4437 Affecting glibc-all-langpacks package, versions <2:2.39-121.0.1.ksplice1.el10_2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE10-GLIBCALLLANGPACKS-17982827
  • published15 Jul 2026
  • disclosed20 Mar 2026

Introduced: 20 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-4437  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:10 glibc-all-langpacks to version 2:2.39-121.0.1.ksplice1.el10_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-500006.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-all-langpacks package and not the glibc-all-langpacks package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend in the GNU C Library version 2.34 to version 2.43 could, with a crafted response from the configured DNS server, result in a violation of the DNS specification that causes the application to treat a non-answer section of the DNS response as a valid answer.

CVSS Base Scores

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