RHSA-2026:1705

HIGH7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: gnupg2 security update

Published Feb 3, 2026

Modified 4 weeks ago

Fix available

Affected Packages

gnupg2

Red Hat rhel_e4s 9.2 appstreamRed Hat rhel_e4s 9.2 baseos

Fixed in:

0:2.3.3-2.el9_2.1

gnupg2-debuginfo

Red Hat rhel_e4s 9.2 appstreamRed Hat rhel_e4s 9.2 baseos

Fixed in:

0:2.3.3-2.el9_2.1

gnupg2-debugsource

Red Hat rhel_e4s 9.2 appstreamRed Hat rhel_e4s 9.2 baseos

Fixed in:

0:2.3.3-2.el9_2.1

gnupg2-smime

Red Hat rhel_e4s 9.2 appstreamRed Hat rhel_e4s 9.2 baseos

Fixed in:

0:2.3.3-2.el9_2.1

gnupg2-smime-debuginfo

Red Hat rhel_e4s 9.2 appstreamRed Hat rhel_e4s 9.2 baseos

Fixed in:

0:2.3.3-2.el9_2.1

References

ADVISORY

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1705

REPORT

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68973

ARTICLE

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

REPORT

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2425966

ARTICLE

https://github.com/gpg/gnupg/blob/ff30683418695f5d2cc9e6cf8c9418e09378ebe4/g10/armor.c#L1305-L1306

ARTICLE

https://github.com/gpg/gnupg/commit/115d138ba599328005c5321c0ef9f00355838ca9

ARTICLE

https://gpg.fail/memcpy

ARTICLE

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403200

ADVISORY

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68973

ADVISORY

https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_1705.json

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68973

ARTICLE

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/28/5

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

HighAC:H

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

ChangedS:C

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

NoneA:N

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Upstream

CVE-2025-68973

Ecosystems

Red Hat rhel_e4s 9.2 appstream Red Hat rhel_e4s 9.2 baseos

Timeline

PublishedFeb 3, 2026

ModifiedFeb 12, 2026