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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-38076

high Nessus Plugin ID 326349

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.

 - An integer overflow in the jbig2_arith_iaid_ctx_new() function of Artifex commit cc37d0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input. (CVE-2026-38076)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-38076

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 326349

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_38076.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/10/2026

Updated: 7/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.77

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-38076

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbig2dec-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jbig2dec, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbig2dec, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbig2dec-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jbig2dec-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jbig2dec-devel

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: 7/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-38076