CVE-2026-41989 (GCVE-0-2026-41989)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-23 04:30 – Updated: 2026-04-23 16:22
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Summary
Libgcrypt before 1.12.2 sometimes allows a heap-based buffer overflow and denial of service via crafted ECDH ciphertext to gcry_pk_decrypt.
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Product Version
gnupg Libgcrypt Affected: 1.8.8 , < 1.10.4 (semver)
Affected: 1.11.0 , < 1.11.3 (semver)
Affected: 1.12.0 , < 1.12.2 (semver)
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