CVE-2026-58016: gnome glib Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-58016 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) vulnerability in gnome glib. EPSS estimates a 0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 9Timeline
- 30-06-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 14-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A flaw was found in GLib. A state confusion issue exists in g_dbus_node_info_new_for_xml() in the gio/gdbusintrospection.c file when processing malformed D-Bus introspection XML, specifically with a `node` element nested within other elements like `method`, `signal`, `property` or `arg`. This issue can cause an unsigned integer overflow and lead to an out-of-bounds read, resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.55%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
45%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.55% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (gitlab.gnome.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Redhat12 products
- enterprise_linuxEOL6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0
- glib2< 0:2.80.4-12.el10_2.14 | < 0:2.68.4-19.el9_8.2 | < 0:2.56.4-170.el8_10 | < 0:2.68.4-16.el9_6.6 | < 0:2.68.4-7.el9_2.6 | < 0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.7 | < 0:2.56.4-158.el8_6.6 | < 0:2.56.4-165.el8_8.1 | < 0:2.56.1-13.el7_9 | < 0:2.56.4-10.el8_4.6 | < 0:2.80.4-4.el10_0.10
- glib2-debuginfo< 0:2.80.4-12.el10_2.14 | < 0:2.68.4-19.el9_8.2 | < 0:2.56.4-170.el8_10 | < 0:2.68.4-16.el9_6.6 | < 0:2.68.4-7.el9_2.6 | < 0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.7 | < 0:2.56.4-158.el8_6.6 | < 0:2.56.4-165.el8_8.1 | < 0:2.56.1-13.el7_9 | < 0:2.56.4-10.el8_4.6 | < 0:2.80.4-4.el10_0.10
- glib2-debugsource< 0:2.80.4-12.el10_2.14 | < 0:2.68.4-19.el9_8.2 | < 0:2.56.4-170.el8_10 | < 0:2.68.4-16.el9_6.6 | < 0:2.68.4-7.el9_2.6 | < 0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.7 | < 0:2.56.4-158.el8_6.6 | < 0:2.56.4-165.el8_8.1 | < 0:2.56.4-10.el8_4.6 | < 0:2.80.4-4.el10_0.10
- glib2-devel< 0:2.80.4-12.el10_2.14 | < 0:2.68.4-19.el9_8.2 | < 0:2.56.4-170.el8_10 | < 0:2.68.4-16.el9_6.6 | < 0:2.68.4-7.el9_2.6 | < 0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.7 | < 0:2.56.4-158.el8_6.6 | < 0:2.56.4-165.el8_8.1 | < 0:2.56.1-13.el7_9 | < 0:2.56.4-10.el8_4.6 | < 0:2.80.4-4.el10_0.10
Debian1 product
- glib2.0All versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.84.4-3~deb13u4 | < 2.88.3-2
Gnome1 product
- glib< 2.89.0 | < 2.88.1
Ubuntu1 product
- glib2.0< 2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1+esm8 | < 2.48.2-0ubuntu4.8+esm6 | < 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.9+esm6 | < 2.64.6-1~ubuntu20.04.9+esm2 | < 2.72.4-0ubuntu2.10 | < 2.80.0-6ubuntu3.9 | All versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.88.0-1ubuntu0.1
4 vendors · 15 products
References
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- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492257Issue TrackingX Refsource REDHATREPORTThird Party Advisory