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AlmaLinux 8 : cups-filters (ALSA-2026:57451)

high Nessus Plugin ID 338755

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2026:57451 advisory.

 * libcupsfilters: cups-filters: libcupsfilters: CUPS image filter process abort via malformed PNG (CVE-2026-64612)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected cups-filters, cups-filters-devel and / or cups-filters-libs packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57451

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-57451.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 338755

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-57451.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/21/2026

Updated: 8/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.77

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-64612

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cups-filters-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cups-filters-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cups-filters

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-64612

CWE: 248

RHSA: 2026:57451