{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2026-04-23T04:30:26Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "Libgcrypt: Libgcrypt: Denial of Service and buffer overflow via crafted ECDH ciphertext",
    "id" : "2461063",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461063"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "7.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-131",
  "details" : [ "A flaw was found in Libgcrypt. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) ciphertext to the `gcry_pk_decrypt` function. This can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow, potentially causing a denial of service (DoS) condition." ],
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Hardened Images",
    "release_date" : "2026-04-16T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:8466",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1",
    "package" : "libgcrypt-main-1.12.2-1.hum1"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "libgcrypt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "thunderbird",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "libgcrypt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "libgcrypt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "libgcrypt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "thunderbird",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "libgcrypt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "thunderbird",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "rhcos",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41989\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41989\nhttps://dev.gnupg.org/T8211\nhttps://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2026q2/000503.html\nhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/21/1" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-41989",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}