The version of libpng12 installed on the remote host is prior to 1.2.50-10. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3243 advisory.

    LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable     Network Graphics) raster image files. In versions 1.2.1 through 1.6.55, `png_set_tRNS` and `png_set_PLTE`     each alias a heap-allocated buffer between `png_struct` and `png_info`, sharing a single allocation across     two structs with independent lifetimes. The `trans_alpha` aliasing has been present since at least libpng     1.0, and the `palette` aliasing since at least 1.2.1. Both affect all prior release lines `png_set_tRNS`     sets `png_ptr->trans_alpha = info_ptr->trans_alpha` (256-byte buffer) and `png_set_PLTE` sets     `info_ptr->palette = png_ptr->palette` (768-byte buffer). In both cases, calling `png_free_data` (with     `PNG_FREE_TRNS` or `PNG_FREE_PLTE`) frees the buffer through `info_ptr` while the corresponding `png_ptr`     pointer remains dangling. Subsequent row-transform functions dereference and, in some code paths, write to     the freed memory. A second call to `png_set_tRNS` or `png_set_PLTE` has the same effect, because both     functions call `png_free_data` internally before reallocating the `info_ptr` buffer. Version 1.6.56 fixes     the issue.

    NOTE: https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advisories/GHSA-m4pc-p4q3-4c7jNOTE:
    https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/pull/824NOTE: Fixed by:
    https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/23019269764e35ed8458e517f1897bd3c54820eb (v1.6.56)NOTE: Fixed     by: https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/a3a21443ed12bfa1ef46fa0d4fb2b74a0fa34a25 (v1.6.56)NOTE:
    Fixed by: https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/7ea9eea884a2328cc7fdcb3c0c00246a50d90667     (v1.6.56)NOTE: Fixed by:
    https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/c1b0318b393c90679e6fa5bc1d329fd5d5012ec1 (v1.6.56)     (CVE-2026-33416)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Amazon Linux 2 : libpng12, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3243 (ALAS-2026-3243)

high Nessus Plugin ID 306301

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