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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-2243

high Nessus Plugin ID 299617

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 QEMU. A specially crafted VMDK image could trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability, potentially leading to a 12-byte leak of sensitive information or a denial of service condition (DoS). (CVE-2026-2243)

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-2026-2243

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 299617

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_2243.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:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-2243

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-gluster, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ui-spice, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-gl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-usb-host, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-pr-helper, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ui-opengl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-ssh, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-docs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci-gl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-blkio, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-ui-opengl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci-gl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-gl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-ssh, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-usb-host, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-audio-pa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga-gl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-gluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-ui-spice, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-blkio, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga-gl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-audio-pa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-pr-helper

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: 2/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-2243