RHEL 9 : gimp (RHSA-2026:73768)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 351860

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-2026:73768 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 APNG loader heap-buffer-overflow when fcTL width exceeds IHDR width (file-png.c) (CVE-2026-42169)

* gimp: gimp: Heap buffer overflow in read_channel_data() (CVE-2026-58379)

* gimp: gimp: Stack buffer overflow in pnmscanner_gettoken() (CVE-2026-58380)

* gimp: GIMP: Arbitrary code execution in PSD plugin due to unsigned underflow (CVE-2026-59090)

* gimp: gimp: Integer overflow in read_RLE_channel() (CVE-2026-58384)

* gimp: integer overflow in file-fits plugin causes a heap-based buffer overflow on crafted FITS images (CVE-2026-66758)

* 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 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-2026:73768.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 351860

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-73768.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/30/2026

Updated: 9/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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:rhel_eus:9.6, 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: 9/30/2026

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-2026-42169, CVE-2026-58379, CVE-2026-58380, CVE-2026-58384, CVE-2026-59090, CVE-2026-66758

CWE: 120, 122, 131, 190, 191, 193

RHSA: 2026:73768

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