Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-4185

high Nessus Plugin ID 302538

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.

- A vulnerability was found in GPAC up to 2.5-DEV-rev2167-gcc9d617c0-master. This vulnerability affects the function swf_def_bits_jpeg of the file src/scene_manager/swf_parse.c of the component MP4Box. The manipulation of the argument szName results in stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The patch is identified as 8961c74f87ae3fe2d3352e622f7730ca96d50cf1. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
(CVE-2026-4185)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 302538

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_4185.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/16/2026

Updated: 3/16/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-4185

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.1

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:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gpac

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: 3/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-4185

Detections

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