RockyLinux 8 : mingw-libpng (RLSA-2026:0125)

high Nessus Plugin ID 281922

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:0125 advisory.

* libpng: LIBPNG buffer overflow (CVE-2025-64720)

* libpng: LIBPNG heap buffer overflow (CVE-2025-65018)

* libpng: LIBPNG out-of-bounds read in png_image_read_composite (CVE-2025-66293)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:0125

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2416904

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2416907

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418711

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 281922

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-0125.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/7/2026

Updated: 1/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-66293

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mingw32-libpng-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mingw64-libpng, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mingw32-libpng-static, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mingw32-libpng, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mingw64-libpng-static, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mingw64-libpng-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-64720, CVE-2025-65018, CVE-2025-66293