RockyLinux 9 : fontforge (RLSA-2026:6628)

high Nessus Plugin ID 305268

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-2026:6628 advisory.

* fontforge: FontForge: Remote Code Execution via malicious SFD file parsing (CVE-2025-15270)

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 fontforge, fontforge-debuginfo and / or fontforge-debugsource packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 305268

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-6628.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/8/2026

Updated: 4/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2025-15270

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-15270

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