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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-0988

high Nessus Plugin ID 286810

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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.

 - Debian Linux - glib2.0 - None Red Hat Enterprise Linux - glib: GLib: Denial of Service via Integer Overflow in g_buffered_input_stream_peek() (CVE-2026-0988)

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-2026-0988

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-0988

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 286810

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_0988.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/15/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0988

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:papers-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:papers-previewer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-ostree, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:papers, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-ostree, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:glib2.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librsvg2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:papers-nautilus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-ostree-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:system-reinstall-bootc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librsvg2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bootc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:papers-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glycin-loaders, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-glib2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-glib2, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-fam, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:papers-nautilus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bootc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:papers-previewer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-glib2, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:papers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:papers-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librsvg2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-glib2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:loupe, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-glib2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librsvg2-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:system-reinstall-bootc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-ostree-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librsvg2-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-static, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glycin-loaders, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-fam, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librsvg2-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:loupe, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:papers-thumbnailer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:papers-thumbnailer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-glib2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:papers-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-glib2-static

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-0988