RHEL 8 : gimp:2.8 (RHSA-2026:17533)

high Nessus Plugin ID 314694

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for gimp:2.8.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:17533 advisory.

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image composition and editing program. GIMP provides a large image manipulation toolbox, including channel operations and layers, effects, sub-pixel imaging and anti-aliasing, and conversions, all with multi-level undo.

Security Fix(es):

* gimp: GIMP:Memory disclosure and denial of service via specially crafted PCX image (CVE-2026-4887)

* gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via XPM File Parsing Integer Overflow (CVE-2026-4154)

* GIMP: GIMP: Arbitrary code execution via specially crafted PSD file (CVE-2026-4150)

* gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via PSP file parsing (CVE-2026-4153)

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 gimp:2.8 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:17533.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 314694

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-17533.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2026

Updated: 5/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-4887

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-cairo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-cairo-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygobject2-codegen, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygobject2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygtk2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygobject2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-devel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygtk2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygtk2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygtk2-codegen, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pycairo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygobject2-devel

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: 5/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-4150, CVE-2026-4153, CVE-2026-4154, CVE-2026-4887

CWE: 120, 190, 193

RHSA: 2026:17533

Detections

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