RHEL 9 : gimp (RHSA-2026:61587)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 342026

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:61587 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: Arbitrary code execution in PSD plugin due to unsigned underflow (CVE-2026-59090)

* gimp: GIMP: Arbitrary code execution via crafted TIF file parsing (CVE-2026-18304)

* gimp: GIMP: Remote code execution via PSD file parsing integer overflow (CVE-2026-18301)

* gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via TIF File Parsing Integer Overflow (CVE-2026-18308)

* gimp: GIMP: Remote code execution via TIF file parsing heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2026-18302)

* gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via TIF file parsing integer overflow (CVE-2026-18305)

* gimp: GIMP: Remote code execution via TIF file parsing vulnerability (CVE-2026-18303)

* gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via SGI File Parsing Integer Overflow (CVE-2026-18306)

* gimp: GIMP: Remote code execution via TIF file parsing heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2026-18307)

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 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:61587.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 342026

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-61587.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/31/2026

Updated: 8/31/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.72

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59090

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp

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: 8/31/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-18301, CVE-2026-18302, CVE-2026-18303, CVE-2026-18304, CVE-2026-18305, CVE-2026-18306, CVE-2026-18307, CVE-2026-18308, CVE-2026-59090

CWE: 120, 131, 190, 191

RHSA: 2026:61587

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