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High ALSA-2026:0728 1 CVE

Important: gnupg2 security update

Published Jan 15, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG) is a tool for encrypting data and creating digital signatures, compliant with OpenPGP and S/MIME standards.

Security Fix(es):

* GnuPG: GnuPG: Information disclosure and potential arbitrary code execution via out-of-bounds write (CVE-2025-68973)

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.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 gnupg2 2.2.20-4.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 gnupg2-smime 2.2.20-4.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68973
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2425966
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-0728.html