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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-106566

medium Nessus Plugin ID 363897

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.

 - ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-32, delegate symlink cleanup does not check the MAGICK_SHRED_PASSES environment variable, allowing a local privileged workflow to overwrite a file with random data. This issue is fixed in version 7.1.2-32.
 (CVE-2026-106566)

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-2026-106566

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-106566

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 363897

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_106566.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/7/2026

Updated: 10/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.68

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-106566

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, 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:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick-c%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick-perl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:imagemagick, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-c%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-106566