RHEL 9 : gimp (RHSA-2026:4173)

high Nessus Plugin ID 301732

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for gimp.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:4173 advisory.

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image composition and editing program. GIMP provides a large image manipulation toolbox, including channel operations and layers, effects, sub-pixel imaging and anti-aliasing, and conversions, all with multi-level undo.

Security Fix(es):

* gimp: GIMP: Remote code execution via heap-based buffer overflow in ICNS file parsing (CVE-2026-2047)

* gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via uninitialized memory in PGM file parsing (CVE-2026-2044)

* gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via out-of-bounds write in XWD file parsing (CVE-2026-2045)

* gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via ICO File Parsing Vulnerability (CVE-2026-0797)

* gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via XWD file parsing vulnerability (CVE-2026-2048)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL gimp package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:4173.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 301732

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-4173.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/10/2026

Updated: 3/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-2044

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-2048

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-0797, CVE-2026-2044, CVE-2026-2045, CVE-2026-2047, CVE-2026-2048

CWE: 120, 131, 787, 908

RHSA: 2026:4173

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