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

  - virtio-net: zero unused hash fields When GSO tunnel is negotiated virtio_net_hdr_tnl_from_skb() tries to     initialize the tunnel metadata but forget to zero unused rxhash fields. This may leak information to     another side. Fixing this by zeroing the unused hash fields. (CVE-2025-40236)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-40236

low Nessus Plugin ID 277723

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Version 1.3 Dec 15, 2025, 9:39 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202512152139
Version 1.2 Dec 11, 2025, 12:59 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202512111259
Version 1.1 Dec 9, 2025, 2:31 AM New Plugin Feed: 202512090231