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Rocky Linux compat-openssl11 Important Heap Security Issue RLSA-2026-44438

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2026
Scroller Rockylinux
A security update is available for compat-openssl11 in Rocky Linux 9 addressing important heap use-after-free issues.
A security update for compat-openssl11 on Rocky Linux 9 addresses a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-45447) involving a heap use-after-free issue, rated 8.1 on the CVSS scale.

Summary

An update is available for compat-openssl11. This update affects Rocky Linux 9. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list


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Topics Covered

security advisory security update OpenSSL important heap-use-after-free Rocky

RPMs

compat-openssl11-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_8.4.aarch64.rpm

compat-openssl11-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_8.4.i686.rpm

compat-openssl11-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_8.4.ppc64le.rpm

compat-openssl11-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_8.4.s390x.rpm

compat-openssl11-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_8.4.src.rpm

compat-openssl11-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_8.4.x86_64.rpm

compat-openssl11-debuginfo-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_8.4.aarch64.rpm

compat-openssl11-debuginfo-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_8.4.i686.rpm

compat-openssl11-debuginfo-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_8.4.ppc64le.rpm

compat-openssl11-debuginfo-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_8.4.s390x.rpm

compat-openssl11-debuginfo-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_8.4.x86_64.rpm

compat-openssl11-debugsource-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_8.4.aarch64.rpm

compat-openssl11-debugsource-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_8.4.i686.rpm

compat-openssl11-debugsource-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_8.4.ppc64le.rpm

compat-openssl11-debugsource-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_8.4.s390x.rpm

compat-openssl11-debugsource-1:1.1.1k-5.el9_8.4.x86_64.rpm

References

No references

CVES

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-45447

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Name: RLSA-2026:44438
Affected Products: Rocky Linux 9

Fixes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481898


Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update OpenSSL important heap-use-after-free Rocky

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