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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-1725

high Nessus Plugin ID 300167

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.

 - Gitlab reports: Cross-site Scripting issue in Mermaid sandbox impacts GitLab CE/EE Denial of Service issue in container registry impacts GitLab CE/EE Denial of Service issue in Jira events endpoint impacts GitLab CE/EE Regular Expression Denial of Service issue in GitLab merge requests impacts GitLab CE/EE Missing rate limit in Bitbucket Server importer impacts GitLab CE/EE Denial of Service issue in CI trigger API impacts GitLab CE/EE Denial of Service issue in token decoder impacts GitLab CE/EE Improper Access Control issue in Conan package registry impacts GitLab EE Access Control issue in CI job mutation impacts GitLab CE/EE (CVE-2026-1725)

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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-1725

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 300167

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_1725.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/1/2026

Updated: 3/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1725

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gitlab, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts

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: 2/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-1725