# ALSA-2026:2042: Security update for 4 packages

ALSA-2026:2042, released February 5, 2026, fixes 1 CVE across 4 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/alsa-2026-2042
- Platform: Linux
- Released: Feb 5, 2026
- Priority: High (Closes CVE-2025-6176, high severity)
- CVEs: 1, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2026:2042

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [brotli](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/brotli.md) | almalinux 9 | 1.0.9-9.el9_7 |
| [brotli-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/brotli-devel.md) | almalinux 9 | 1.0.9-9.el9_7 |
| [libbrotli](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/libbrotli.md) | almalinux 9 | 1.0.9-9.el9_7 |
| [python3-brotli](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python3-brotli.md) | almalinux 9 | 1.0.9-9.el9_7 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2025-6176](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-6176.md) | High | brotli: Scrapy versions up to 2.13.2 are vulnerable to a denial of service (DoS) attack due to a flaw in its brotli decompres... | 7.5 | 0.0053 |  |

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Data as of 2026-11-07T12:40:37Z UTC. Source: Patchblox Patch Radar (https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar). Patchblox finds out-of-date software on Windows, macOS and Linux and updates it through release rings: https://patchblox.com/demo