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

  - Calling wordexp with WRDE_REUSE in conjunction with WRDE_APPEND in the GNU C Library version 2.0 to     version 2.42 may cause the interface to return uninitialized memory in the we_wordv member, which on     subsequent calls to wordfree may abort the process. (CVE-2025-15281)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-15281

high Nessus Plugin ID 294814

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Version 1.3 Feb 4, 2026, 2:23 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202602041423
Version 1.2 Feb 4, 2026, 6:31 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 3.6) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2025-15281, severity decreased from "Medium" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202602040631
Version 1.1 Jan 21, 2026, 10:50 AM New Plugin Feed: 202601211050