A denial of service via unsigned underflow in libXpm's write path in libXpm before 3.5.19 could be used by local attackers to cause unbounded CPU usage and memory exhaustion.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4763-1 advisory.

    This update for libXpm fixes the following issue:

    - CVE-2026-94287: denial of service via unsigned underflow in libXpm's write path (bsc#1281669).

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

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4761-1 advisory.

    This update for libXpm fixes the following issue:

    - CVE-2026-94287: denial of service via unsigned underflow in libXpm's write path (bsc#1281669).

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

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

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - A denial of service via unsigned underflow in libXpm's write path in libXpm before 3.5.19 could be used by
    local attackers to cause unbounded CPU usage and memory exhaustion. (CVE-2026-94287)

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the d4bc120a-ca26-11f1-ada1-ac5afc632ba3 advisory.

    X.Org reports:
    Multiple issues have been found in the X client library               implementations published by X.Org for which we are               releasing security fixes for.

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

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

The version of libXpm installed on the remote host is prior to 3.5.20. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2026-289-03 advisory.

    New libXpm packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue.

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

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

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8862-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that libXpm did not correctly handle XPM images with zero-dimension values. A local     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libXpm to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of     service.

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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 denial of service via unsigned underflow in libXpm's write path in libXpm before 3.5.19 could be used by     local attackers to cause unbounded CPU usage and memory exhaustion. (CVE-2026-94287)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
370397	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libXpm (SUSE-SU-2026:4763-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	medium
370366	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : libXpm (SUSE-SU-2026:4761-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	medium
476152	Alpine: libxpm: security update to 3.5.20-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
476152	Alpine: libxpm: security update to 3.5.20-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
366973	FreeBSD : libXpm -- vulnerability (d4bc120a-ca26-11f1-ada1-ac5afc632ba3)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	Local	medium
366720	Slackware Linux 15.0 / current libXpm Vulnerability (SSA:2026-289-03)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	Local	medium
473633	Echo: libxpm: security update to 1:3.5.17-1+e4	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
473633	Echo: libxpm: security update to 1:3.5.17-1+e4	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
362520	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : libXpm vulnerability (USN-8862-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	medium
351002	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-94287	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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