Bug 2461063 (CVE-2026-41989)

Summary: CVE-2026-41989 Libgcrypt: Libgcrypt: Denial of Service and buffer overflow via crafted ECDH ciphertext
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: adudiak, caswilli, gotiwari, jgrulich, jhorak, kaycoth, kshier, mvyas, rhel-process-autobot, stcannon, teagle, tpopela, watson-tool-maintainers, yguenane
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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.
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Bug Depends On: 2461780, 2461781, 2461782    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-23 05:01:19 UTC
Libgcrypt before 1.12.2 sometimes allows a heap-based buffer overflow and denial of service via crafted ECDH ciphertext to gcry_pk_decrypt.