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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-2708

high Nessus Plugin ID 299615

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.

 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux - libsoup: libsoup: HTTP Request Smuggling via Duplicate Content-Length Headers (CVE-2026-2708)

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-2026-2708

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 299615

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_2708.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/19/2026

Updated: 2/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

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-2026-2708

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:N/I:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsoup, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsoup-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup-devel

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-2708