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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-112899

🗓️ 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Pillow image decoders have heap buffer overflows leading to code execution.

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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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  - 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)

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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "CentOS Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
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          {"reference": "python-pillow-devel"},
          {"reference": "python-pillow-doc"},
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    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "python-pillow"},
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          {"reference": "python-pillow-doc"},
          {"reference": "python-pillow-qt"},
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      }
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  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');

var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
    var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
    if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
        var vendor;
        foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
            if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
        }
    }
}

var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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03 Nov 2026 00:00Current
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