Red Hat alert RHSA-2026:26275-01 (openssl)

An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of
Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and
Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, as well as a full-strength
general-purpose cryptography library.

Security Fix(es):

* openssl: Use After Free with SSL_free_buffers (CVE-2024-4741)

* openssl: Heap Use-After-Free in OpenSSL PKCS7_verify() (CVE-2026-45447)

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.

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