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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-59197

🗓️ 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux system unpatched Pillow CVE-2026-59197 enables heap out-of-bounds write in RankFilter before 12.3.0.

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CVE-2026-59197
14 Jul 202616:25
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cvelist
CVE-2026-59197 Pillow: Heap out-of-bounds write in Pillow `ImageFilter.RankFilter` via integer overflow in `ImagingExpand`
14 Jul 202616:25
cvelist
euvd
EUVD-2026-43734
14 Jul 202616:25
euvd
nvd
CVE-2026-59197
14 Jul 202617:17
nvd
osv
CVE-2026-59197 Pillow: Heap out-of-bounds write in Pillow `ImageFilter.RankFilter` via integer overflow in `ImagingExpand`
14 Jul 202616:25
osv
osv
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59197
14 Jul 202617:17
osv
osv
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59197
14 Jul 202617:17
osv
ptsecurity
PT-2026-58105
14 Jul 202600:00
ptsecurity
redhatcve
CVE-2026-59197
16 Jul 202617:41
redhatcve
snyk
Out-of-bounds Write
14 Jul 202618:48
snyk
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
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  script_id(327110);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/07/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-59197");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-59197");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 12.3.0, Pillow's public rank-filter API can trigger a native
    heap out-of-bounds write when given a very large odd filter size because ImageFilter.RankFilter.filter()
    calls image.expand(size // 2, size // 2) before rank-filter size validation and ImagingExpand() computes
    output dimensions with unchecked signed int arithmetic. This issue is fixed in version 12.3.0.
    (CVE-2026-59197)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-59197");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-59197");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-59197");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/07/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/07/16");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pillow");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pillow-python2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pillow");
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  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
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  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
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  exit(0);
}

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/Debian/dpkg-l"))) 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": "python-pil-doc"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil.imagetk"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-13": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "13",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "python-pil-doc"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil.imagetk"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-14": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "python-pil-doc"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil.imagetk"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-22.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "22.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "python-pil-doc"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil.imagetk"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-24.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "24.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "python-pil-doc"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil.imagetk"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-26.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "26.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "python-pil-doc"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil.imagetk"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "python-pil-doc"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil.imagetk"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil.imagetk-dbg"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-14.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "python-imaging"},
          {"reference": "python-imaging-compat"},
          {"reference": "python-imaging-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python-imaging-doc"},
          {"reference": "python-imaging-sane"},
          {"reference": "python-imaging-sane-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python-imaging-tk"},
          {"reference": "python-imaging-tk-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python-pil"},
          {"reference": "python-pil-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python-pil-doc"},
          {"reference": "python-pil.imagetk"},
          {"reference": "python-pil.imagetk-dbg"},
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          {"reference": "python3-imaging-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python3-imaging-sane"},
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          {"reference": "python3-imaging-tk-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil.imagetk"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil.imagetk-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python3-sane"},
          {"reference": "python3-sane-dbg"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "python-imaging"},
          {"reference": "python-pil"},
          {"reference": "python-pil-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python-pil-doc"},
          {"reference": "python-pil.imagetk"},
          {"reference": "python-pil.imagetk-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil.imagetk"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil.imagetk-dbg"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "python-pil"},
          {"reference": "python-pil-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python-pil-doc"},
          {"reference": "python-pil.imagetk"},
          {"reference": "python-pil.imagetk-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil.imagetk"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil.imagetk-dbg"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "20.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "pillow-python2"},
          {"reference": "python-pil-doc"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil.imagetk"},
          {"reference": "python3-pil.imagetk-dbg"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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_HOLE,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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16 Jul 2026 00:00Current
6.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.1
CVSS 3.18.2
EPSS0.00397
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