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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-23865

medium Nessus Plugin ID 300295

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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.

 - An integer overflow in the tt_var_load_item_variation_store function of the Freetype library in versions 2.13.2 and 2.13.3 may allow for an out of bounds read operation when parsing HVAR/VVAR/MVAR tables in OpenType variable fonts. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.2. (CVE-2026-23865)

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-2026-23865

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 300295

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_23865.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/2/2026

Updated: 4/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23865

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-demo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-freetype, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-freetype-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-freetype, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-freetype-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-jmods, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freetype-demos, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-freetype, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freetype-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-freetype-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freetype, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-freetype, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozjs60, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freetype, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-jmods, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozjs60-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-freetype-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freetype-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freetype-demos, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-freetype, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-freetype, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-src, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-src, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23865