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🛡️ CVE-2026-58016 on Debian 11 (Root.io) — glib2.0

🔴 CVSS 9.5 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
9.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

CVE-2026-58016 in glib2.0 - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2026-58016 in the glib2.0 package for Root:Debian:11. Multiple fixed versions available.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-58016 as tracked by Debian 11 (Root.io), for the package glib2.0. The fix is available in version 2.66.8-1+deb11u8.root.io.7; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-58016 is classified as CWE-191: Integer Underflow. A subtraction drops below the minimum for the type and wraps, yielding an unexpectedly large value.

Affected software

ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-58016 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • glib2.0 (fixed in 2.66.8-1+deb11u8.root.io.7)
  • rootio-glib2.0 (fixed in 2.66.8-1+deb11u8.root.io.7)

Timeline and source

Published on 20 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Other advisories for this package

glib2.0 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-191: Integer Underflow) in other software:

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.5
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-08-20
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-20
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
glib2.0 2.66.8-1+deb11u8.root.io.7
rootio-glib2.0 2.66.8-1+deb11u8.root.io.7

References

N/A

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