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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-108693

high Nessus Plugin ID 364560

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 on Windows through 7.1.2-33 and 6.9.13-58 contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability in NTGhostscriptEXE() that launches gswin64c.exe by bare name when Ghostscript is unregistered. Attackers can plant a malicious gswin64c.exe in the working directory to execute code with ImageMagick privileges when PDF, PostScript, or EPS files are converted. (CVE-2026-108693)

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-2026-108693

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 364560

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_108693.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/11/2026

Updated: 10/11/2026

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

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-108693

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Threat Score: 4.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, 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: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: 10/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-108693