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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-1002

medium Nessus Plugin ID 291271

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 Vert.x Web static handler component cache can be manipulated to deny the access to static files served by the handler using specifically crafted request URI. The issue comes from an improper implementation of the C. rule of section 5.2.4 of RFC3986 and is fixed in Vert.x Core component (used by Vert.x Web):
 https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vert.x/pull/5895 Steps to reproduce Given a file served by the static handler, craft an URI that introduces a string like bar%2F..%2F after the last / char to deny the access to the URI with an HTTP 404 response. For example https://example.com/foo/index.html can be denied with https://example.com/foo/bar%2F..%2Findex.html Mitgation Disabling Static Handler cache fixes the issue.
 StaticHandler staticHandler = StaticHandler.create().setCachingEnabled(false); (CVE-2026-1002)

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-2026-1002

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 291271

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_1002.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1002

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-resteasy-servlet-initializer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:moditect-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:moditect-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-resteasy-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-resteasy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-resteasy-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-resteasy-servlet-initializer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-resteasy-core, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-resteasy-jackson2-provider, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-resteasy-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:moditect, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-resteasy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:moditect, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-resteasy-jackson2-provider, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy

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: 1/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-1002