[ALSA-2026:46396] Important: libreswan security update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2026-07-27
Description:
Libreswan is an implementation of IPsec and IKE for Linux. IPsec is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks such as virtual private network (VPN). Security Fix(es): * librenswan: IKEv1 Denial of Service via RSA-SHA1 (PKCS#1 Version 1.5 Encrypted) authentication payload (CVE-2026-50721) * librenswan: IKEv2 Denial of Service via RSA-SHA1 (PKCS#1 RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5) authentication payload (CVE-2026-50722) * librenswan: IKEv2 Denial of Service via malformed fragmentation (CVE-2026-12413) * libreswan: badly formatted X.509 certificate can cause an assertion failure that crashes the daemon process (CVE-2026-14957) 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.
Updated packages listed below:
Architecture Package Checksum
aarch64 libreswan-4.12-2.el8_10.6.aarch64.rpm 8ef6606ee620152d6a0ac6aae3457a85e7ff5d0790e7c9c8b61813f181e9efba
ppc64le libreswan-4.12-2.el8_10.6.ppc64le.rpm 0fd23cc371f4ebb9c23fa62f96b67bc7c0261882ec00c758a95e252c4fe8a73e
s390x libreswan-4.12-2.el8_10.6.s390x.rpm 7f1c79e8136fe240115379b2e51dadfe0a4c2388b1524eff4eff3010c3328c04
x86_64 libreswan-4.12-2.el8_10.6.x86_64.rpm 50a9145591f8058c9bba40a80988c751181d8d673979641e360eb95bff995a13
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.