The PGP signing plugin in Gradle before 6.0 relies on the SHA-1 algorithm, which might allow an attacker to replace an artifact with a different one that has the same SHA-1 message digest, a related issue to CVE-2005-4900.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-016763 advisory.

    The PGP signing plugin in Gradle before 6.0 relies on the SHA-1 algorithm, which might allow an attacker     to replace an artifact with a different one that has the same SHA-1 message digest, a related issue to     CVE-2005-4900.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The PGP signing plugin in Gradle before 6.0 relies on the SHA-1 algorithm, which might allow an attacker     to replace an artifact with a different one that has the same SHA-1 message digest, a related issue to     CVE-2005-4900. (CVE-2019-16370)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4858-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Gradle used an insecure HTTP URL to download dependencies when the built-in     JavaScript or CoffeeScript Gradle plugins were used. A remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly use     this issue to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack. (CVE-2019-11065)

    It was discovered that the PGP signing plugin in Gradle relied on the insecure SHA-1 algorithm. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct spoofing attacks. (CVE-2019-16370)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
316137	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: gradle (UTSA-2026-016763)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
222441	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-16370	Nessus	Misc.	medium
183632	Ubuntu 18.04 ESM : Gradle vulnerabilities (USN-4858-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium

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CVE-2019-16370

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