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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-0908

high Nessus Plugin ID 283724

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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.

 - Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 144.0.7559.59 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2026-0908)

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-2026-0908

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 283724

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_0908.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 9/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0908

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:U/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0908

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libwebkit2gtk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkit2gtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkit2gtk3-jsc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkit2gtk3-plugin-process-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkit2gtk3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-jsc-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-jsc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-plugin-process-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwebkit2gtk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-jsc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-plugin-process-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-jsc-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-jsc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-plugin-process-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-0908