Gstreamer1-Plugins-Bad-Free Security Update — AlmaLinux 8 (ALSA-2026:47731)
This is a security release for AlmaLinux 8. The fix ships in the current release line (referenced builds: 16.1-9). Update the product on every affected server to the patched release — there is no workaround, and unpatched servers remain exposed until updated.
Fix Commands
EL8+ (AlmaLinux/CloudLinux/Rocky)
sudo dnf updateWhat this means under a SharedLicense license
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free on AlmaLinux 8 is the exposure surface; the advisory's own severity data tops out at CVSS 7.1 (CWE-787).
GStreamer is a streaming media framework based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. The gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free package contains a collection of plug-ins for GStreamer.
Security Fix(es):
* gstreamer: gstreamer: rfbsrc/librfb Hextile heap out-of-bounds write with 16bpp framebuffer (CVE-2026-5…
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2026-07-29
Description:
GStreamer is a streaming media framework based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. The gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free package contains a collection of plug-ins for GStreamer.
Security Fix(es):
* gstreamer: gstreamer: rfbsrc/librfb Hextile heap out-of-bounds write with 16bpp framebuffer (CVE-2026-59691)
* gstreamer: gstreamer: DTLS certificate Subject DN stack buffer overflow in openssl_verify_callback (CVE-2026-59692)
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:
Updated packages listed below:
| Architecture | Package | Checksum |
| aarch64 | gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel-1.16.1-9.el8_10.1.aarch64.rpm | 3c644c3cd543215f0c5ea0ca87010e1b73997fc4ee6da416a0a2dfd25dc20f68 |
| aarch64 | gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-1.16.1-9.el8_10.1.aarch64.rpm | 3e472548fa2378f4e4c6e88252cc482341e8242881ee983f4c64fcf787bace9c |
| i686 | gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel-1.16.1-9.el8_10.1.i686.rpm | bdcb236fdf431d90748b0dba0e5c85fe9a7cc90a8208227db0166450dd1a38ff |
| i686 | gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-1.16.1-9.el8_10.1.i686.rpm | d21bb1a492d8e52ef70e3048e961e13ffa173bb26c23f3318068c5af9a3e6820 |
| ppc64le | gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-1.16.1-9.el8_10.1.ppc64le.rpm | 98e02c32fc92ccf765af9bf031dc4b9c3da9fd8f4dca02220782fed567fc25ca |
| ppc64le | gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel-1.16.1-9.el8_10.1.ppc64le.rpm | a6320f8ddadba0f116b2ed5b4f9257215a07913d0d56203b327eb856b981f09b |
| s390x | gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-1.16.1-9.el8_10.1.s390x.rpm | 397a2a5760518a0c5ae06c7ee0f0e7eb9406e510a85e3715f6a39769a4cdb2d8 |
| s390x | gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel-1.16.1-9.el8_10.1.s390x.rpm | a9f7cd1e972a7ebabf71ba5152d788496224c0f838f0de0193e38f5af884cab9 |
| x86_64 | gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel-1.16.1-9.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm | 9a45a21a606429f59772ec4955b21e219484851db4bb706c28dac8294392f307 |
| x86_64 | gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-1.16.1-9.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm | b1b6a046b59bee12af5bf509c49090b5bfc81c5a2cd1be9b554c5e10943068ad |
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.
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