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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-17072

🗓️ 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Unpatched flaw in GStreamer plugins good enables heap read past end in Matroska or WebM headers.

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28 Jul 202610:25
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CVE-2026-17072 Gstreamer1-plugins-good: gst-plugins-good: 4-byte heap over-read in gst_matroska_parse_flac_stream_headers when parsing flac codec data in matroska containers
28 Jul 202610:25
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  - A flaw was found in GStreamer's gst-plugins-good. A heap-based out-of-bounds read of 4 bytes can occur
    when parsing FLAC audio stream headers embedded in a Matroska or WebM container file. The vulnerability is
    triggered by a boundary check that does not account for the full size of the data being copied, allowing a
    small read past the end of the allocated buffer. An attacker could exploit this by crafting a malicious
    Matroska or WebM file and tricking a user into opening it, potentially leaking a small amount of adjacent
    heap memory. (CVE-2026-17072)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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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/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-12": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-gtk3"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-plugins-good"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-qt5"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-qt6"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-13": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "13",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-gtk3"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-plugins-good"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-qt5"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-qt6"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-14": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-gtk3"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-plugins-good"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-qt5"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-qt6"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-26.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "26.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-gtk3"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-plugins-good"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-qt5"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-qt6"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-gtk3"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-plugins-good"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-qt5"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gst-plugins-good0.10"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-plugins-good"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-plugins-good-dbg"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-plugins-good-doc"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio"},
          {"reference": "libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0"},
          {"reference": "libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-dev"}
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  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
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        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-gtk3"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-plugins-good"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-plugins-good-dbg"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-plugins-good-doc"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-qt5"},
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          {"reference": "libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-dev"}
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  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
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        "release": "20.04",
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  "Ubuntu Linux-22.04": {
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  "Ubuntu Linux-24.04": {
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        "release": "24.04",
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          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-gtk3"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-plugins-good"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-qt5"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-qt6"},
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          {"reference": "libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-dev"}
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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-6": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "6",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer-plugins-good"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer-plugins-good-devel"}
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      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer-plugins-good"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer-plugins-good-devel-docs"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-good"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer-plugins-good"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer-plugins-good-devel-docs"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-good"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-good"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-good"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-good"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "9",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-good"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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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29 Jul 2026 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 3.13.3
EPSS0.00116
SSVC
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