RockyLinux 9 : libpng15 (RLSA-2026:3031)

high Nessus Plugin ID 300057

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:3031 advisory.

* libpng: LIBPNG has a heap buffer overflow in png_set_quantize (CVE-2026-25646)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected libpng15, libpng15-debuginfo and / or libpng15-debugsource packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:3031

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2438542

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 300057

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-3031.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 2/27/2026

Updated: 2/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25646

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Threat Score: 7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libpng15-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libpng15-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libpng15

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25646