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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-1144

critical Nessus Plugin ID 291610

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.

 - A vulnerability was detected in quickjs-ng quickjs up to 0.11.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file quickjs.c of the component Atomics Ops Handler. The manipulation results in use after free. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is identified as ea3e9d77454e8fc9cb3ef3c504e9c16af5a80141. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.
 (CVE-2026-1144)

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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-1144

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 291610

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_1144.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/19/2026

Updated: 1/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1144

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9

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:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:quickjs

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: 1/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-1144