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RHEL 9 : gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, gstreamer1-plugins-base, gstreamer1-plugins-good, and gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free (RHSA-2026:8862)

🗓️ 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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RHEL9 hosts with gstreamer plugins affected by CVEs in RHSA-2026:8862 enabling code execution.

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FreeBSD
gstreamer1 -- multiple vulnerabilities
25 Feb 202600:00
freebsd
ATTACKERKB
CVE-2026-3082
13 Mar 202620:39
attackerkb
ATTACKERKB
CVE-2026-2923
13 Mar 202620:39
attackerkb
ATTACKERKB
CVE-2026-3085
13 Mar 202620:40
attackerkb
ATTACKERKB
CVE-2026-2921
13 Mar 202620:41
attackerkb
ATTACKERKB
CVE-2026-2920
13 Mar 202620:38
attackerkb
ATTACKERKB
CVE-2026-2922
13 Mar 202620:38
attackerkb
ATTACKERKB
CVE-2026-3083
13 Mar 202620:41
attackerkb
Tenable Nessus
Amazon Linux 2023 : gstreamer1-plugins-good, gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk (ALAS2023-2026-1503)
1 Apr 202600:00
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Amazon Linux 2023 : gstreamer1-plugins-base, gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel, gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools (ALAS2023-2026-1504)
1 Apr 202600:00
nessus
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:8862. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(307536);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/04/20");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2026-2920",
    "CVE-2026-2921",
    "CVE-2026-2922",
    "CVE-2026-2923",
    "CVE-2026-3082",
    "CVE-2026-3083",
    "CVE-2026-3085"
  );
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2026:8862");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 9 : gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, gstreamer1-plugins-base, gstreamer1-plugins-good, and gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free (RHSA-2026:8862)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free / gstreamer1-plugins-
base / gstreamer1-plugins-good / gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the RHSA-2026:8862 advisory.

    GStreamer is a streaming media framework based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. The
    gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free package contains a collection of plug-ins for GStreamer.

    Security Fix(es):

    * GStreamer: GStreamer: Arbitrary code execution via ASF file processing (CVE-2026-2920)

    * GStreamer: GStreamer: Remote Code Execution via heap-based buffer overflow in JPEG parser
    (CVE-2026-3082)

    * GStreamer: GStreamer: Remote Code Execution via Heap-based Buffer Overflow in rtpqdm2depay
    (CVE-2026-3085)

    * GStreamer: GStreamer: Arbitrary code execution via RIFF palette integer overflow in AVI file handling
    (CVE-2026-2921)

    * GStreamer: GStreamer: Remote Code Execution via Out-Of-Bounds Write in rtpqdm2depay (CVE-2026-3083)

    * GStreamer: GStreamer: Remote Code Execution via out-of-bounds write in RealMedia Demuxer (CVE-2026-2922)

    * GStreamer: GStreamer: Remote Code Execution via out-of-bounds write in DVB Subtitles handling
    (CVE-2026-2923)

    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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2447490");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2447492");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2447495");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2447496");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2447498");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2447500");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2447503");
  # https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_8862.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?aaf12753");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8862");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free / gstreamer1-plugins-base / gstreamer1-plugins-good / gstreamer1-plugins-
ugly-free packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:8862.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-3085");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(120, 190, 787, 1284);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/03/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/04/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/04/20");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-good");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "redhat_repos.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'eq', os_version: os_version, rhel_version: '9.6')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 9.6', 'Red Hat ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '9',
    'sp': '6',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-1.22.12-5.el9_6', 'sp':'6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel-1.22.12-5.el9_6', 'sp':'6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-libs-1.22.12-5.el9_6', 'sp':'6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  },
  {
    'release': '9',
    'sp': '6',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'gstreamer1-plugins-base-1.22.12-5.el9_6', 'sp':'6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-1.22.12-5.el9_6', 'sp':'6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools-1.22.12-5.el9_6', 'sp':'6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'gstreamer1-plugins-good-1.22.12-5.el9_6', 'sp':'6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk-1.22.12-5.el9_6', 'sp':'6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free-1.22.12-4.el9_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free-1.22.12-4.el9_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free-1.22.12-4.el9_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free-1.22.12-4.el9_6', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var repo_relative_urls;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint['repo_relative_urls'];

  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var subscription_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to\n' +
    'packages only available in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux\n' +
    'Extended Update Support repository.\n' +
    'Access to this repository requires a paid RHEL subscription.\n';
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free / gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel / etc');
}

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