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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-102621

medium Nessus Plugin ID 351292

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - A vulnerability was identified in Freedesktop Poppler up to 26.08.0. Affected is the function SplashClip::clipToPath of the file splash/SplashClip.cc. Such manipulation leads to integer overflow. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Upgrading to version 26.09.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 323c91036d99926a8b90dc14329f7b40aece22f8. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
 (CVE-2026-102621)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-102621

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-102621

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 351292

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_102621.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/30/2026

Updated: 9/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-102621

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-poppler022-cpp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-poppler022-glib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-poppler022-qt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-poppler022, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-cpp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-cpp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-demos, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-glib-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-glib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt5-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt6-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-qt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:poppler, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:poppler, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-poppler022-cpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-poppler022-glib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-poppler022-qt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-poppler022, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-cpp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-cpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-demos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-glib-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-glib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt5-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt6-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-qt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:poppler

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-102621