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AlmaLinux 9 : gimp (ALSA-2026:61587)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 342493

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-2026:61587 advisory.

 * 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)

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 gimp and / or gimp-libs packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61587

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-61587.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 342493

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-61587.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/3/2026

Updated: 9/3/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.72

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/30/2026

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