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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-25965

high Nessus Plugin ID 299855

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.

 - ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, ImageMagick's path security policy is enforced on the raw filename string before the filesystem resolves it. As a result, a policy rule such as /etc/* can be bypassed by a path traversal. The OS resolves the traversal and opens the sensitive file, but the policy matcher only sees the unnormalized path and therefore allows the read. This enables local file disclosure (LFI) even when policy-secure.xml is applied. Actions to prevent reading from files have been taken in versions .7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 But it make sure writing is also not possible the following should be added to one's policy.
 This will also be included in ImageMagick's more secure policies by default. (CVE-2026-25965)

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-2026-25965

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 299855

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_25965.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/24/2026

Updated: 2/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25965

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-perl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick-c%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-c%2b%2b-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25965