๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-58016

HIGH 7.5

Glib: integer underflow in gio/gdbusintrospection.c via "g_dbus_node_info_new_for_xml"

CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A flaw was found in GLib. A state confusion issue exists in g_dbus_node_info_new_for_xml() in the gio/gdbusintrospection.c file when processing malformed D-Bus introspection XML, specifically with a <node> element nested within other elements like <method>, <signal>, <property> or <arg>. This issue can cause an unsigned integer overflow and lead to an out-of-bounds read, resulting in a denial of service.

CWE CWE-191
Vendor gnome
Product glib
Published Jun 30, 2026
Last Updated Jun 30, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

GNOME / GLib
0 < 2.88.1
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Hardened Images
All versions affected

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-58016 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492257 gitlab.gnome.org: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3932

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank linhlhq for reporting this issue.