CVE-2026-57062 Other in GnuPG

Low 2.9 Published Updated

GnuPG's gpgsm incorrectly accepts short AES-GCM integrity tags, potentially allowing attackers to bypass cryptographic integrity checks.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2026-57062?

CVE-2026-57062 is a low-severity vulnerability in GnuPG, published on 23 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

CMS (Cryptographic Message Syntax) parsing in gpgsm in GnuPG through 2.5.20 mishandles the CMS format for AES-GCM because aes-ICVlen is supposed to be 12 bytes but 4 bytes is accepted. NOTE: this is related to CVE-2026-34182.

Weakness: CWE-1284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-57062?

Linux distribution packages (19)
gnupg2 Red Hat:hummingbird:1All versions0:2.4.9-18.3.hum1
gnupg2-dirmngr Red Hat:hummingbird:1All versions0:2.4.9-18.3.hum1
gnupg2-g13 Red Hat:hummingbird:1All versions0:2.4.9-18.3.hum1
gnupg2-gpg-agent Red Hat:hummingbird:1All versions0:2.4.9-18.3.hum1
gnupg2-gpgconf Red Hat:hummingbird:1All versions0:2.4.9-18.3.hum1
gnupg2-keyboxd Red Hat:hummingbird:1All versions0:2.4.9-18.3.hum1
gnupg2-scdaemon Red Hat:hummingbird:1All versions0:2.4.9-18.3.hum1
gnupg2-smime Red Hat:hummingbird:1All versions0:2.4.9-18.3.hum1
gnupg2-utils Red Hat:hummingbird:1All versions0:2.4.9-18.3.hum1
gnupg2-verify Red Hat:hummingbird:1All versions0:2.4.9-18.3.hum1
gnupg2-wks Red Hat:hummingbird:1All versions0:2.4.9-18.3.hum1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7All versions2.4.4-150600.3.18.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0All versions2.5.5-160000.6.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0All versions2.5.5-160000.6.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Micro 6.0All versions2.4.4-9.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Micro 6.1All versions2.4.4-slfo.1.1_9.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Micro 6.2All versions2.5.5-160000.6.1
gpg2 openSUSE:Leap 16.0All versions2.5.5-160000.6.1
gpg2 openSUSE:TumbleweedAll versions2.5.21-1.1

How do I fix CVE-2026-57062?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2026-57062 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-57062 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as AZL-91170, BELL-CVE-2026-57062, CLSA-2026-1785557084, CLSA-2026-1786609750, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-57062, ECHO-89c6-c3e9-d8d2 and 15 more.

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