RHEL 9 : LibRaw (RHSA-2026:11360)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 310780

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:11360 advisory.

LibRaw is a library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo cameras (CRW/CR2, NEF, RAF, DNG, and others).

Security Fix(es):

* LibRaw: LibRaw: Arbitrary code execution via a specially crafted malicious file (CVE-2026-24450)

* LibRaw: LibRaw: Arbitrary code execution via heap-based buffer overflow in lossless JPEG loading (CVE-2026-21413)

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 LibRaw package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:11360.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 310780

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-11360.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/29/2026

Updated: 4/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-24450

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libraw, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libraw-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-21413, CVE-2026-24450

CWE: 190, 787

RHSA: 2026:11360

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