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Critical USN-8484-1 1 CVE

libgd-perl vulnerability

Published Jun 30, 2026 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that GD.pm incorrectly handled filename arguments. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands or
overwrite files.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS libgd-perl 2.76-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS libgd-perl 2.78-1ubuntu0.24.04.1
Ubuntu · 25.10 libgd-perl 2.78-1ubuntu0.25.10.1
Ubuntu · 26.04 LTS 26.04:LTS libgd-perl 2.84-2ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2026-11526

    GD versions before 2.86 for Perl allow OS command injection and file overwrite via a 2-arg open() of filename arguments in _make_filehandle

    GD versions before 2.86 for Perl allow OS command injection and file overwrite via a 2-arg open() of filename arguments in _make_filehandle. GD::Image::_make_filehandle opens a filename argument with Perl's 2-arg open(), so a filename that begins or ends with…

    RURBAN GD libgd-perl perl-gd Debian Ubuntu Alpine

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-11526