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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-58266
critical Nessus Plugin ID 252227
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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.- The shlex crate before 1.2.1 for Rust allows unquoted and unescaped instances of the { and \xa0 characters, which may facilitate command injection. (CVE-2024-58266)
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-2024-58266
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 252227
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_58266.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 8/19/2025
Updated: 9/4/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-58266
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:keylime-agent-rust, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:stratisd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-libs, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rust-shlex, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:thunderbird, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:stratisd-dracut, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-docs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:stratisd-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:keylime-agent-rust, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:stratisd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:stratisd-dracut, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rust-shlex, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:stratisd-tools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-58266