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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-59691

🗓️ 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Unpatched Linux host vulnerable to CVE-2026-59691 in GStreamer rfbsrc causing heap overflow.

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include('linux_unpatched.inc');

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  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
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        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
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          {"reference": "gstreamer1.0-wpe"},
          {"reference": "libgstreamer-opencv1.0-0"},
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  "Debian Linux-12": {
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          {"reference": "libgstreamer-opencv1.0-0"},
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  "Debian Linux-13": {
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    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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      {
        "release": "7",
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    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer-plugins-bad-free"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-docs"},
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          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel"},
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  },
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    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free"},
          {"reference": "gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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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16 Jul 2026 00:00Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 3.17.1
EPSS0.00247
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