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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-26118
medium Nessus Plugin ID 226265
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Synopsis
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.Description
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.- Versions of the package angular from 1.4.9 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the <input type=url> element due to the usage of an insecure regular expression in the input[url] functionality. Exploiting this vulnerability is possible by a large carefully-crafted input, which can result in catastrophic backtracking. (CVE-2023-26118)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.
Solution
There is no known solution at this time.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-26118
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 226265
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_26118.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 3/5/2025
Updated: 9/10/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26118
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-azure-monitor, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-graphite, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mssql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:angular.js, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mssql, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:angular.js, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-cloudwatch, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-postgres, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-postgres
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/30/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-26118