Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-6192

medium Nessus Plugin ID 306242

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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.

- A vulnerability was identified in uclouvain openjpeg up to 2.5.4. This impacts the function opj_pi_initialise_encode in the library src/lib/openjp2/pi.c. The manipulation leads to integer overflow.
The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The identifier of the patch is 839936aa33eb8899bbbd80fda02796bb65068951. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue. (CVE-2026-6192)

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: Medium

ID: 306242

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_6192.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/13/2026

Updated: 4/29/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-6192

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjpeg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openjpeg2-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:blender, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openjpeg2, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:texmaker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openjpeg2-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:insighttoolkit4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtwebengine-opensource-src, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjpeg2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openjpeg2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ghostscript

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: 4/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-6192

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