Description
A flaw was found in GLib. An off-by-one error can occur in the g_key_file_get_locale_string_list function in the gkeyfile.c file when loading a key file with an empty value. This flaw can cause an out-of-bounds access of 1 byte or a denial of service when the out-of-bounds access crosses a page boundary.
Published: 2026-06-30
Score: 7.3 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

To mitigate this vulnerability, implement input validation to sanitize untrusted key files (such as .desktop or .ini files), specifically rejecting or stripping empty values before calling g_key_file_get_locale_string_list(). Alternatively, restricting the application to only load key files from trusted sources will completely neutralize this issue.

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History

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat rhel Eus
Redhat rhel Tus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::crb
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat rhel Eus
Redhat rhel Tus
References

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Els
References

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 03:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel Eus Long Life
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel Eus Long Life
References

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat cert Manager
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:cert_manager:1.19::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat cert Manager
References

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat discovery
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:discovery:2::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat discovery
References

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
References

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat openshift
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
Vendors & Products Redhat openshift

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhui
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhui:5::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat rhui
References

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2
References

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
References

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
References

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gnome
Gnome glib
Redhat hardened Images
Vendors & Products Gnome
Gnome glib
Redhat hardened Images

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in GLib. An off-by-one error can occur in the g_key_file_get_locale_string_list function in the gkeyfile.c file when loading a key file with an empty value. This flaw can cause an out-of-bounds access of 1 byte or a denial of service when the out-of-bounds access crosses a page boundary.
Title Glib: off-by-one error in glib/gkeyfile.c via "g_key_file_get_locale_string_list"
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Weaknesses CWE-193
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


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Redhat Cert Manager Discovery Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Eus Hardened Images Hummingbird Openshift Rhel Aus Rhel E4s Rhel Els Rhel Eus Rhel Eus Long Life Rhel Tus Rhui
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-09T07:46:01.131Z

Reserved: 2026-06-26T20:59:47.856Z

Link: CVE-2026-58014

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-30T18:44:59.091Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2026-06-30T13:19:17.580

Modified: 2026-09-09T08:17:21.477

Link: CVE-2026-58014

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-01T10:01:36Z

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