A flaw was found in GIMP. Opening a crafted XCF with a malformed text-layer parasite can cause a heap out-of-bounds read, disclosing adjacent heap data into layer text and causing denial of service.

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2026-2255:12 advisory.

    * gimp: GIMP: heap buffer overflow in DDS loader on crafted DirectDraw Surface file (CVE-2026-106062)
      * gimp: gimp: heap out-of-bounds read/write in PSD thumbnail loader (load_resource_1033)     (CVE-2026-112257)
      * gimp: gimp: use-after-free in XCF loader via PROP_LINKED and PROP_SELECTION on channels     (CVE-2026-112258)
      * gimp: gimp: heap out-of-bounds read in XCF text-layer parasite parsing (CVE-2026-112260)
      * gimp: gimp: use-after-free in XCF loader via PROP_SELECTED_PATH (CVE-2026-112261)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-93975 advisory.

    - fix CVE-2026-106062
    - fix CVE-2026-112257
    - fix CVE-2026-112258
    - fix CVE-2026-112260

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:93975 advisory.

    The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image composition and editing program. GIMP provides a     large image manipulation toolbox, including channel operations and layers, effects, sub-pixel imaging and     anti-aliasing, and conversions, all with multi-level undo.

    Security Fix(es):

    * gimp: GIMP: heap buffer overflow in DDS loader on crafted DirectDraw Surface file (CVE-2026-106062)

    * gimp: gimp: heap out-of-bounds read/write in PSD thumbnail loader (load_resource_1033) (CVE-2026-112257)

    * gimp: gimp: use-after-free in XCF loader via PROP_LINKED and PROP_SELECTION on channels     (CVE-2026-112258)

    * gimp: gimp: heap out-of-bounds read in XCF text-layer parasite parsing (CVE-2026-112260)

    * gimp: gimp: use-after-free in XCF loader via PROP_SELECTED_PATH (CVE-2026-112261)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A flaw was found in GIMP. Opening a crafted XCF with a malformed text-layer parasite can cause a heap out-     of-bounds read, disclosing adjacent heap data into layer text and causing denial of service.
    (CVE-2026-112260)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
376356	MiracleLinux 9 : gimp-3.0.4-4.el9_8.15 (AXSA:2026-2255:12)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
375512	Oracle Linux 9 : gimp (ELSA-2026-93975)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
375300	RHEL 9 : gimp (RHSA-2026:93975)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	high
367356	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-112260	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high

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