RockyLinux 9 : glib2 (RLSA-2026:64800)

high Nessus Plugin ID 344065

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:64800 advisory.

* xdgmime: heap-based buffer overflow in _xdg_mime_magic_parse_magic_line() in xdgmimemagic.c (CVE-2026-16118)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2501732

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:64800

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 344065

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-64800.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/9/2026

Updated: 9/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-16118

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-tests-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-tests, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-16118