Out-of-bounds Write Affecting gnupg2 package, versions <0:2.2.20-4.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-GNUPG2-15018751
  • published17 Jan 2026
  • disclosed28 Dec 2025

Introduced: 28 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-68973  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 gnupg2 to version 0:2.2.20-4.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-0728.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnupg2 package and not the gnupg2 package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In GnuPG before 2.4.9, armor_filter in g10/armor.c has two increments of an index variable where one is intended, leading to an out-of-bounds write for crafted input. (For ExtendedLTS, 2.2.51 and later are fixed versions.)

CVSS Base Scores

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