[ALSA-2026:6445] Important: libpng12 security update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2026-04-03
Description:
The libpng12 package provides libpng 1.2, which is the previous version of the libpng library for manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files. This version should be used in case that it is not possible to use the current version of libpng. Security Fix(es): * libpng: LIBPNG has a heap buffer overflow in png_set_quantize (CVE-2026-25646) 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 libpng12-1.2.57-6.el8_10.aarch64.rpm 640800b4e9066e2f5a885c83485823e11efc1147c3f5c440c6ad4aa770ae99ef
i686 libpng12-1.2.57-6.el8_10.i686.rpm 8bd966ae8690c245df63d4f255936c9ce961a128941a06a5163f5e7a132e21d0
ppc64le libpng12-1.2.57-6.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm b46f6a53f5ca02b98e86f722fad74d381547c605ddb7de4781b0b687b043ee47
s390x libpng12-1.2.57-6.el8_10.s390x.rpm ad29e82b57c25fe0af387f6c439924cf4db8c9c8acfcf3af5b0c409964437195
x86_64 libpng12-1.2.57-6.el8_10.x86_64.rpm 2d174d3ae82499d79541e047dcb86a2c4a6bb04265711741de391c213d579c07
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.