RHSA-2026:37395 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for glibc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

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: Heap Buffer Overflow in `scanf` with `%mc` format specifier and large width (CVE-2026-5450)

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2459853 - CVE-2026-5450 glibc: glibc: Heap Buffer Overflow in `scanf` with `%mc` format specifier and large width

CVEs

• CVE-2026-5450

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate