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Rocky Linux RLSA-2026-42733 glibc Moderate Information Disclosure and DoS

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2026
Scroller Rockylinux
Update for glibc on Rocky Linux addresses moderate security risks impacting system stability. Stay secure!
Moderate: glibc security update

Summary

An update is available for glibc. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. 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 moderate denial of service glibc information disclosure rockylinux

RPMs

glibc-langpack-en-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.aarch64.rpm

glibc-langpack-en-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.x86_64.rpm

glibc-langpack-eo-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.aarch64.rpm

glibc-langpack-eo-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.x86_64.rpm

glibc-langpack-es-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.aarch64.rpm

glibc-langpack-es-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.x86_64.rpm

glibc-langpack-et-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.aarch64.rpm

glibc-langpack-et-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.x86_64.rpm

glibc-langpack-eu-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.aarch64.rpm

glibc-langpack-eu-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.x86_64.rpm

glibc-langpack-fa-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.aarch64.rpm

glibc-langpack-fa-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.x86_64.rpm

glibc-langpack-ff-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.aarch64.rpm

glibc-benchtests-debuginfo-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.x86_64.rpm

glibc-common-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.aarch64.rpm

glibc-common-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.x86_64.rpm

glibc-common-debuginfo-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.aarch64.rpm

glibc-common-debuginfo-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.x86_64.rpm

glibc-debuginfo-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.aarch64.rpm

glibc-debuginfo-0:2.28-251.el8_10.40.i686.rpm

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References

No references

CVES

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-5435

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-5928

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-6238

Severity
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Name: RLSA-2026:42733
Affected Products: Rocky Linux 8

Fixes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459854

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463465

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463539


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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service glibc information disclosure rockylinux

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