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CentOS Linux 8 [TuxCare] Security Update: ImageMagick / ImageMagick-c++ / ImageMagick-c++-devel / etc (CENTOS-STREAM8:CLSA-2026:1779127684)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 352002

Synopsis

The CentOS Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare CENTOS- STREAM8:CLSA-2026:1779127684 advisory.

 - ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-21 and 6.9.13-46, a malicious MIFF file could trigger an overflow when a user opens it in the display tool and right-clicks a tile to invoke the Load / Update menu item. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-21 and 6.9.13-46. (CVE-2026-42050)

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 based on the guidance in TuxCare advisory CENTOS-STREAM8:CLSA-2026:1779127684.

See Also

https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/releases/CLSA-2026:1779127684

http://www.nessus.org/u?80508132

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 352002

File Name: tuxcare_centos_8_CLSA-2026-1779127684.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/30/2026

Updated: 9/30/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42050

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42050

CLSA: 2026:1779127684