RHEL 8 : OpenEXR (RHSA-2026:82345)

high Nessus Plugin ID 365498

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for OpenEXR.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:82345 advisory.

OpenEXR is a high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format developed by Industrial Light & Magic for use in computer imaging applications. This package contains libraries and sample applications for handling the format.

Security Fix(es):

* OpenEXR: OpenEXR: Out-of-bounds write vulnerability via crafted EXR files (CVE-2026-59184)

* OpenEXR: OpenEXR: Heap out-of-bounds write via crafted tiled EXR file (CVE-2026-59186)

* OpenEXR: OpenEXR: Information disclosure and denial of service due to out-of-bounds read (CVE-2026-59189)

* OpenEXR: OpenEXR: Heap out-of-bounds write in exrmultiview via crafted EXR files (CVE-2026-68515)

* OpenEXR: OpenEXR: Information disclosure and denial of service via out-of-bounds read (CVE-2026-59981)

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 OpenEXR package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:82345.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 365498

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-82345.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/13/2026

Updated: 10/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.41

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59981

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-68515

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openexr-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openexr-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openexr

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59184, CVE-2026-59186, CVE-2026-59189, CVE-2026-59981, CVE-2026-68515

CWE: 125, 787

RHSA: 2026:82345

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