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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-3441

medium Nessus Plugin ID 300633

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 - binutils - None Red Hat Enterprise Linux - binutils: GNU Binutils: Information disclosure via specially crafted XCOFF object file Ubuntu Linux - [Unknown description] (CVE-2026-3441)

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-2026-3441

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-3441

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-3441

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 300633

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_3441.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2026

Updated: 3/4/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-3441

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-minimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gprofng, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-gdbserver, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-binutils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-binutils-generic, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-gdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-gdb, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-gdbserver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gprofng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gprofng, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-minimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-15-gdb, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-binutils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-15-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gprofng, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils

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-2026-3441