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Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-0988 is a low-severity GLib flaw that can crash applications using the affected input stream function. The business impact is availability: services or desktop components depending on affected GLib packages may terminate unexpectedly if exposed to crafted input. It is not described as data theft or privilege escalation.
Executive priority
Treat as routine patch management unless GLib-dependent services are exposed to untrusted network input and availability is critical. The current public evidence supports low urgency, with focus on reducing avoidable crash risk through vendor updates.
Technical view
GLib’s g_buffered_input_stream_peek() lacks validation for offset and count. Crafted values can cause an integer overflow in length calculation, leading to an incorrect memcpy() size and a buffer overflow. The cited impact is application crash and denial of service. Red Hat lists multiple RHEL and related package exposures.
Likely exposure
Most concern is for systems running affected Red Hat glib2-related packages, including RHEL 6 through 10 entries and Red Hat Hardened Images listed in the source bundle. Exposure depends on whether applications process attacker-controlled input through the vulnerable GLib function.
Exploitation context
The CVSS vector indicates network attack vector, high attack complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction, with low availability impact. The source bundle does not indicate CISA KEV listing or active exploitation. No public exploit status is provided in the cited material.
Researcher notes
The issue is categorized as CWE-190 integer overflow. The important validation questions are reachability of g_buffered_input_stream_peek(), controllability of offset/count, and whether the crash affects a critical service boundary. Evidence provided supports DoS only, not code execution.
Mitigation direction
- Review Red Hat CVE guidance and RHSA-2026:7461 for applicable updates.
- Prioritize affected internet-facing or service-critical workloads using GLib-based components.
- Patch affected Red Hat packages through supported vendor channels when updates are available.
- If updates are unavailable, monitor vendor guidance for mitigations or backports.
Validation and detection
- Inventory systems for affected Red Hat products and listed packages.
- Check installed package versions against Red Hat CVE and errata guidance.
- Identify applications that accept untrusted input and depend on GLib streams.
- Monitor crash reports for affected GLib-dependent services after exposure to untrusted input.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Low
- CVSS
- 3.7 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L2.21.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
3.7LowVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- RHSA-2026:7461CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0988CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2429886CVE reference · issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3851CVE reference
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Integer Overflow or Wraparound represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.