RHSA-2026:97878 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for libreswan is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

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

Libreswan is an implementation of IPsec and IKE for Linux. IPsec is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks such as virtual private network (VPN).

Security Fix(es):

• libreswan: IKEv2 Use-After-Free bug when using IKE-over-TCP (CVE-2026-94453)
• libreswan: IKEv2 pre-authentication Null Pointer deref in EAP code (CVE-2026-77206)
• libreswan: Null Pointer Dereference in PKCS#7 bundle with no CERTS (CVE-2026-77207)

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 9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64

Fixes

• BZ - 2550254 - CVE-2026-94453 libreswan: IKEv2 Use-After-Free bug when using IKE-over-TCP
• BZ - 2550256 - CVE-2026-77206 libreswan: IKEv2 pre-authentication Null Pointer deref in EAP code
• BZ - 2550258 - CVE-2026-77207 libreswan: Null Pointer Dereference in PKCS#7 bundle with no CERTS

CVEs

• CVE-2026-77206
• CVE-2026-77207
• CVE-2026-94453

References

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