RHSA-2026:51066 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for libXfont2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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

X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library

Security Fix(es):

• libXfont2: BitmapScaleBitmaps Integer Overflow Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2026-56001)
• libXfont2: PCF Font Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2026-56002)
• libXfont2: computeProps Property Buffer Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2026-56003)

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 for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle Long Life 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2496640 - CVE-2026-56001 libXfont2: BitmapScaleBitmaps Integer Overflow Heap Buffer Overflow
• BZ - 2496641 - CVE-2026-56002 libXfont2: PCF Font Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow
• BZ - 2496642 - CVE-2026-56003 libXfont2: computeProps Property Buffer Heap Buffer Overflow

CVEs

• CVE-2026-56001
• CVE-2026-56002
• CVE-2026-56003

References

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