Fedora 43 libgcrypt Critical DoS Buffer Overflow Fix FEDORA-2026-8409145c11
fedora
April 30, 2026
Fix CVE-2026-41989 (#2461782)
Summary
Libgcrypt is a general purpose crypto library based on the code used
in GNU Privacy Guard. This is a development version.
Update Information:
Fix CVE-2026-41989 (#2461782)
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Mon Apr 27 2026 Jakub Jelen
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2461782 - CVE-2026-41989 libgcrypt: Libgcrypt: Denial of Service and buffer overflow via crafted ECDH ciphertext [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461782
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-8409145c11' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: libgcrypt
Product: Fedora 43
Version: 1.11.1
Release: 4.fc43
Summary: A general-purpose cryptography library
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