Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-9266

medium Nessus Plugin ID 297196

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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.

- URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in Express. This vulnerability affects the use of the Express Response object. This issue impacts Express: from 3.4.5 before 4.0.0.
(CVE-2024-9266)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 297196

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_9266.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/30/2026

Updated: 10/15/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9266

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cldr-emoji-annotation-dtd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cldr-emoji-annotation, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-ha-cluster, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozjs60-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozjs60, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcs-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cldr-emoji-annotation-dtd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cldr-emoji-annotation, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-ha-cluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcs-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird

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: 10/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9266

Detections

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