Decoding a paletted BMP file with an out-of-range palette index results in a panic when accessing pixels in the invalid image.

The remote Fedora 46 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-2d6aee1dc4 advisory.

    Automatic update for golang-x-image-0.46.0-2.fc46.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Fri Sep 25 2026 lex Sez <asm@redhat.com> - 0.46.0-2
    - Add __requires_exclude
    * Fri Sep 25 2026 Packit <hello@packit.dev> - 0.46.0-1
    - Update to 0.46.0 upstream release
    - Resolves: rhbz#2514413
    - Resolves: rhbz#2515291
    - Resolves: rhbz#2513500

    ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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.

  - Decoding a paletted BMP file with an out-of-range palette index results in a panic when accessing pixels     in the invalid image. (CVE-2026-42500)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
350321	Fedora 46 : golang-x-image (2026-2d6aee1dc4)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high
329722	openSUSE 16 Security Update : rclone (openSUSE-SU-2026:21436-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	critical
318019	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-42500	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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