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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-1801
medium Nessus Plugin ID 297750
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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.- A flaw was found in libsoup, an HTTP client/server library. This HTTP Request Smuggling vulnerability arises from non-RFC-compliant parsing in the soup_filter_input_stream_read_line() logic, where libsoup accepts malformed chunk headers, such as lone line feed (LF) characters instead of the required carriage return and line feed (CRLF). A remote attacker can exploit this without authentication or user interaction by sending specially crafted chunked requests. This allows libsoup to parse and process multiple HTTP requests from a single network message, potentially leading to information disclosure. (CVE-2026-1801)
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-2026-1801
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 297750
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_1801.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 2/3/2026
Updated: 2/5/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1801
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsoup, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup3-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsoup3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsoup3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsoup3-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsoup-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsoup2.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup3-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsoup3-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsoup3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsoup2.4
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-1801