Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libgcrypt (opens in a new tab)
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- published26 Apr 2026
- disclosed23 Apr 2026
Introduced: 23 Apr 2026
CVE-2026-41989 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgcrypt package and not the libgcrypt package as distributed by RHEL.
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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461063
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41989
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50144
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:52951
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8466
- 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