RLSA-2026:61623

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:61623
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:61623.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2026:61623
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-41991
  • CVE-2026-41992
Published
2026-09-01T06:05:33.619213Z
Modified
2026-09-01T06:30:02.748528834Z
Severity
  • 6.0 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moderate: gzip security update
Details

The gzip packages contain the gzip (GNU zip) data compression utility. gzip is used to compress regular files. It replaces them with files containing the .gz extension, while retaining ownership modes, access, and modification times.

Security Fix(es):

  • gzip: gzip: Arbitrary file overwrite via insecure temporary file handling in gzexe utility (CVE-2026-41991)

  • gzip: gzip: Information disclosure via global buffer overflow in LZH decompression (CVE-2026-41992)

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.

Database specific
{
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "source_advisory": "RHSA-2026:61623"
}
References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:9 / gzip

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:1.12-2.el9_8
Database specific
Show details
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:61623.json"