Libgcrypt Security Update — AlmaLinux 8 (ALSA-2026:47117)
This is a security release for AlmaLinux 8. Update the product on every affected server to the patched release — there is no workaround, and unpatched servers remain exposed until updated.
Fix-Befehle
EL8+ (AlmaLinux/CloudLinux/Rocky)
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The libgcrypt library provides general-purpose implementations of various cryptographic algorithms.
Security Fix(es):
* Libgcrypt: Libgcrypt: Denial of Service and buffer overflow via crafted ECDH ciphertext (CVE-2026-41989)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, …
Type:
security
Severity:
moderate
Release date:
2026-08-06
Description:
The libgcrypt library provides general-purpose implementations of various cryptographic algorithms.
Security Fix(es):
* Libgcrypt: Libgcrypt: Denial of Service and buffer overflow via crafted ECDH ciphertext (CVE-2026-41989)
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 | libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-8.el8_10.aarch64.rpm | 2c9dea55d39a04d8133eb1ee531a0954db8ac238cf0d0fd97f8d67c829a81196 |
| aarch64 | libgcrypt-1.8.5-8.el8_10.aarch64.rpm | a49d2a8312597505ea0f44976bd6670419b353ff58f9dbd753be94727127c913 |
| i686 | libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-8.el8_10.i686.rpm | 944b0609e3a5fb2b8038102ba1a5c3867be1566665ab42e061da101936f04211 |
| i686 | libgcrypt-1.8.5-8.el8_10.i686.rpm | af84b544d05c703e017514cf254353bd0e439b5e58199558fc333f0011b0a5b6 |
| ppc64le | libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-8.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm | 5a9f79a1277c378d267e49bd4f5d2374a9b5451528f4d2e9f18398c6105e922a |
| ppc64le | libgcrypt-1.8.5-8.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm | b60a3335ea50730b6e0d924970cd2f056a4eb5878d25085593c40db1b5bc3655 |
| s390x | libgcrypt-1.8.5-8.el8_10.s390x.rpm | 07d14302d50d3a4604851433c84819250576670650ef3702dbaebe5c8108a21e |
| s390x | libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-8.el8_10.s390x.rpm | e97a1fda637840ffba3cdc01a9e1f7feded3352673c281908521c7ad72a8ad88 |
| x86_64 | libgcrypt-1.8.5-8.el8_10.x86_64.rpm | 425ea6c342b804161ab024df0c165f25efaf02d5be6380b968dcb78b92ccea63 |
| x86_64 | libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-8.el8_10.x86_64.rpm | 6d74fd1580bee1c8f63db90f35311c953c7500a5c88b336e3bb141d4bacd6b0c |
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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