Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-2708

medium Nessus Plugin ID 299615

Language:

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.

- Debian Linux - libsoup2.4 - None libsoup3 - None Red Hat Enterprise Linux - libsoup: libsoup: HTTP Request Smuggling via Duplicate Content-Length Headers Ubuntu Linux - [libsoup: HTTP/1 request smuggling primitives accepted (CL.CL and TE+CL) in soup_headers_parse()] (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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 299615

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_2708.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/19/2026

Updated: 2/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

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: 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, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsoup3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsoup3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsoup-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsoup2.4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, 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:debian:debian_linux:libsoup2.4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-2708

Detections

Analytics