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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-40916

🗓️ 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux host has unpatched GIMP TIM loader vulnerability CVE-2026-40916 enabling local DoS.

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15 Apr 202620:16
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15 Apr 202600:00
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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  - A flaw was found in GIMP. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the TIM image loader's 4BPP decoding
    path allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). By opening a specially crafted TIM image
    file, the application crashes due to an unconditional overflow when writing to a variable-length array.
    (CVE-2026-40916)

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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');

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  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
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  "CentOS Linux-7": {
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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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05 May 2026 00:00Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 3.15 - 5.5
EPSS0.00004
SSVC
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