Medium5.3Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux

Null Pointer Dereference in harfbuzz

CVE-2026-22693 Published Jan 10, 2026

CVE-2026-22693

Affected products & platforms

Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified

Summary

Null Pointer Dereference in harfbuzz. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 5.3). Weakness: CWE-476. Affected package(s): harfbuzz-main. Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:7701 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).

Affected versions

harfbuzz-main-14.1.0-2.hum1

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Fixed versions

RHSA-2026:7701

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:7701 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).

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