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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-62438

critical Nessus Plugin ID 366700

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.

 - A flaw was found in GIMP. An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or potentially disclose sensitive memory contents by convincing a user to open or preview a specially crafted Bohemia Interactive (PAA) texture file. Due to an integer overflow when calculating image dimensions during file decompression, the application allocates an undersized memory buffer. Subsequent processing reads memory past the buffer boundary, terminating the plug-in process unexpectedly. (CVE-2026-62438)

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-2026-62438

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 366700

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_62438.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/17/2026

Updated: 10/17/2026

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: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.48

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-62438

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gimp-devel-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gimp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gimp-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gimp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygobject2-codegen, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygobject2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygobject2-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygobject2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygtk2-codegen, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygtk2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygtk2-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygtk2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-cairo-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-cairo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-pycairo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-devel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygobject2-codegen, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygobject2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygobject2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygobject2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygtk2-codegen, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygtk2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygtk2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygtk2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-cairo-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-cairo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pycairo

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: 10/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-62438