CVE-2026-41990 (GCVE-0-2026-41990)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-23 04:39 – Updated: 2026-04-23 16:22
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Libgcrypt before 1.12.2 mishandles Dilithium signing. Writes to a static array lack a bounds check but do not use attacker-controlled data.
Severity
4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-23 15:58 UTC
CWE
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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