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High [CVE-2026-23868] Double-free vulnerability leading to memory corruption

This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-23868 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support.

CVE-2026-23868 Published Mar 10, 2026
CVE-2026-23868
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Summary

Double-free vulnerability leading to memory corruption. Red Hat rates this important (CVSS 7).

Weakness: CWE-825. Affected package(s): giflib, rhaiis/vllm-rocm-rhel9:1778244531, rhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9:1779223654, rhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9:1778274666, rhaiis/vllm-spyre-rhel9:1778244546, rhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9:1780681984.

Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:8859 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support; and 12 more.

Affected versions
  • giflib-0:5.2.1-9.el9_0.1
  • giflib-0:5.1.4-3.el8_6.1
  • giflib-0:5.2.1-9.el9_2.1
  • giflib-0:5.1.4-3.el8_4.1
  • rhaiis/vllm-rocm-rhel9:1778244531
  • giflib-0:5.2.1-9.el9_4.1
  • giflib-0:5.2.1-9.el9_6.1
  • giflib-0:5.1.4-3.el8_8.1
  • rhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9:1779223654
  • rhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9:1778274666
  • rhaiis/vllm-spyre-rhel9:1778244546
  • giflib-0:5.1.4-3.el8_2.1

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Fixed versions
  • RHSA-2026:8859

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:8859 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

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