alsa-2026:42090
Vulnerability from osv_almalinux
Published
2026-07-20 00:00
Modified
2026-07-21 10:24
Summary
Important: glib2 security update
Details

GLib provides the core application building blocks for libraries and applications written in C. It provides the core object system used in GNOME, the main loop implementation, and a large set of utility functions for strings and common data structures.

Security Fix(es):

  • glib: integer underflow in gio/gdbusintrospection.c via "g_dbus_node_info_new_for_xml" (CVE-2026-58016)

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.

References
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  "id": "ALSA-2026:42090",
  "modified": "2026-07-21T10:24:11Z",
  "published": "2026-07-20T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42090"
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-58016"
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2492257"
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      "url": "https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-42090.html"
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    "CVE-2026-58016"
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  "summary": "Important: glib2 security update"
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