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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-40338

🗓️ 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux hosts with libgphoto2 up to 2.5.33 risk out-of-bounds read in Sony DPD (CVE-2026-40338).

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18 Apr 202600:16
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  - libgphoto2 is a camera access and control library. Versions up to and including 2.5.33 have an out-of-
    bounds read in the PTP_DPFF_Enumeration case of `ptp_unpack_Sony_DPD()` in `camlibs/ptp2/ptp-pack.c` (line
    856). The function reads a 2-byte enumeration count N via `dtoh16o(data, *poffset)` without verifying that
    2 bytes remain in the buffer. The standard `ptp_unpack_DPD()` at line 704 has this exact check, confirming
    the Sony variant omitted it by oversight. Commit 3b9f9696be76ae51dca983d9dd8ce586a2561845 fixes the issue.
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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-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libgphoto2-6"},
          {"reference": "libgphoto2-dev"},
          {"reference": "libgphoto2-dev-doc"},
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        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libgphoto2-6"},
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          {"reference": "libgphoto2"},
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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 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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22 May 2026 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 3.15.2
EPSS0.00009
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