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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-2272

high Nessus Plugin ID 298498

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

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

 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux - gimp: GIMP: Memory corruption due to integer overflow in ICO file handling (CVE-2026-2272)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-2272

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 298498

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_2272.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/10/2026

Updated: 2/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-2272

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gimp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygtk2-codegen, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygtk2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-devel-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gimp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygtk2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygtk2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygobject2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-cairo-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-cairo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-cairo-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygobject2, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygtk2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygtk2-codegen, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygobject2-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygobject2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gimp-devel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygobject2-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-pycairo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pycairo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygobject2, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gimp-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-cairo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygobject2-codegen, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygtk2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygtk2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygobject2-codegen

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-2272