RLSA-2026:20597

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:20597
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:20597.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2026:20597
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-4046
  • CVE-2026-4437
  • CVE-2026-4438
Published
2026-05-30T18:03:01.190443Z
Modified
2026-05-30T18:25:44.008547159Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moderate: glibc security update
Details

The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the name service cache daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly.

Security Fix(es):

  • glibc: glibc: Incorrect DNS response parsing via crafted DNS server response (CVE-2026-4437)

  • glibc: glibc: Invalid DNS hostname returned via gethostbyaddr functions (CVE-2026-4438)

  • glibc: glibc: Denial of Service via iconv() function with specific character sets (CVE-2026-4046)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:9 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/glibc?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:2.34-270.el9_8
Database specific
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:20597.json"