Issued at: 2026-09-01
Updated at: 2026-09-02
Advisory content derived from Red Hat RHSA-2026:61623, © Red Hat, Inc., used under CC BY 4.0, with modifications.
Synopsis
Moderate: gzip security update
Description
The gzip packages contain the gzip (GNU zip) data compression utility. gzip is used to compress regular files. It replaces them with files containing the .gz extension, while retaining ownership modes, access, and modification times.
Security Fix(es):
* gzip: gzip: Arbitrary file overwrite via insecure temporary file handling in gzexe utility (CVE-2026-41991)
* gzip: gzip: Information disclosure via global buffer overflow in LZH decompression (CVE-2026-41992)
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.