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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-112899

high Nessus Plugin ID 375423

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.

 - The Pillow project published security advisories for issues fixed in release 13.0.0. They include an argument injection in the Ghostscript call used for EPS images, heap buffer overflows in several image decoders that can lead to code execution, and infinite loops and unbounded memory use when opening crafted image files. (CVE-2026-112899)

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-2026-112899

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 375423

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_112899.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/3/2026

Updated: 11/3/2026

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: 4.9

Percentile: 58.62

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-112899

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-pillow-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-pillow-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-pillow-qt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-pillow-sane, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-pillow-tk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-pillow, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-pillow-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-pillow-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-pillow-tk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-pillow, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pillow-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pillow-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pillow-qt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pillow-sane, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pillow-tk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pillow, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pillow-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pillow-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pillow-tk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pillow

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: 10/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-112899