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Amazon Linux 2 : libimobiledevice (ALAS-2026-4112)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 379854

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of libimobiledevice installed on the remote host is prior to 1.2.0-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-4112 advisory.

 A vulnerability was identified in libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0. This affects an unknown part of the file src/afc.c of the component AFC. Such manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. (CVE-2026-116258)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update libimobiledevice' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-4112' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2-2026-4112.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-116258.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 379854

File Name: al2_ALAS-2026-4112.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2026

Updated: 11/12/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.25

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-116258

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libimobiledevice-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libimobiledevice-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libimobiledevice-python, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libimobiledevice-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libimobiledevice

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-116258