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Red Hat libpng15: Data Exposure in Image Processing

published 7 months ago

Summary

An update is available for libpng15, a library used to process images. This update fixes a security issue that could allow an attacker to access sensitive information in images. You should apply this update to ensure your system remains secure and protected from potential data exposure.

What to do

Update redhat libpng15 to version 0:1.5.30-7.el8_2.1.
Update redhat libpng15-debuginfo to version 0:1.5.30-7.el8_2.1.
Update redhat libpng15-debugsource to version 0:1.5.30-7.el8_2.1.

Affected software

Ecosystem	Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream	redhat	libpng15	< 0:1.5.30-7.el8_2.1 Fix: upgrade to 0:1.5.30-7.el8_2.1
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream	redhat	libpng15-debuginfo	< 0:1.5.30-7.el8_2.1 Fix: upgrade to 0:1.5.30-7.el8_2.1
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream	redhat	libpng15-debugsource	< 0:1.5.30-7.el8_2.1 Fix: upgrade to 0:1.5.30-7.el8_2.1

Original advisory text

Red Hat Security Advisory: libpng15 security update

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6466 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2438542 Third Party Advisory
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_6466.j... Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-25646 Third Party Advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-25646 Vendor Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25646 Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/09/7 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/01d03b8453eb30ade759cd45c707e5a1c7277d... Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advisories/GHSA-g8hp-mq4h-rqm3 Third Party Advisory

Fix within

Internet-facing 14 days

Internal 60 days

Not known to be exploited
Can be exploited automatically (estimated)
Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)

Severity

7.0 High

Timeline

Published3 Apr 2026

Updated3 Apr 2026

First seen3 Apr 2026

Sources

RHSA-2026:6466 · OSV

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