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Medium ELSA-2026-14791 1 CVE

Moderate: libpng security update (Oracle Linux 9)

Published May 7, 2026 · Updated May 7, 2026

Ecosystem: Oracle Linux

Summary

[2:1.6.37-12.3]
- fix CVE-2026-33636: out-of-bounds R/W in the palette expansion on ARM Neon (RHEL-161291)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 9 libpng 2:1.6.37-12.el9_7.3
Oracle Linux · 9 libpng-devel 2:1.6.37-12.el9_7.3

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.6
    CVE-2026-33636

    LIBPNG has ARM NEON Palette Expansion Out-of-Bounds Read on AArch64

    LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. In versions 1.6.36 through 1.6.55, an out-of-bounds read and write exists in libpng's ARM/AArch64 Neon-optimized palett…

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