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AlmaLinux 9 : openexr (ALSA-2026:38498)

high Nessus Plugin ID 326742

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:38498 advisory.

 * OpenEXR: OpenEXR: Arbitrary code execution via integer overflow in image resizing (CVE-2026-41142)
 * OpenEXR: OpenEXR: Information disclosure and denial of service via malformed EXR files (CVE-2026-42216)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 affected openexr, openexr-devel and / or openexr-libs packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38498

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-38498.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 326742

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-38498.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/14/2026

Updated: 7/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.92

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42216

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Threat Score: 7.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:openexr-libs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:openexr-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:openexr, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41142, CVE-2026-42216

CWE: 130, 190

RHSA: 2026:38498