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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-25679

high Nessus Plugin ID 301394

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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.

 - url.Parse insufficiently validated the host/authority component and accepted some invalid URLs.
 (CVE-2026-25679)

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-2026-25679

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-25679

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 301394

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_25679.nasl

Version: 1.41

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/7/2026

Updated: 7/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.76

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25679

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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-relp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-crypto, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mmaudit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mmjsonparse, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mmnormalize, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-udpspoof, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-kafka, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mmkubernetes, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-relp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-crypto, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmaudit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmjsonparse, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmnormalize, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-udpspoof, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-kafka, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmkubernetes, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:conmon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ignition, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ignition-validate, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:conmon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:butane, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-omamqp1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmfields, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-openssl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:weldr-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:weldr-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rhc-worker-script, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rhc-worker-script, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mmfields, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-omamqp1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-openssl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvisor-tap-vsock, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvisor-tap-vsock-gvforwarder, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:butane, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.24, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ignition, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ignition-edge, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvisor-tap-vsock, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvisor-tap-vsock-gvforwarder, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ignition-edge, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ignition-validate, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.25, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ignition-grub, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ignition-grub, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:go-fdo-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:go-fdo-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-fdo-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-fdo-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.26, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:go-fdo-server-manufacturer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:go-fdo-server-owner, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:go-fdo-server-rendezvous, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-fdo-server-manufacturer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-fdo-server-owner, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-fdo-server-rendezvous

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: 3/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25679