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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : GVfs vulnerabilities (USN-8114-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 303748

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8114-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that the GVfs FTP backend incorrectly handled IP addresses and ports returned by passive mode responses. A malicious remote server could possibly use this issue to help scan for open ports.
 (CVE-2026-28295)

 It was discovered that the GVfs FTP backend incorrectly handled crafted file paths. A remote attacker could use this issue to terminate or inject arbitrary FTP commands, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2026-28296)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8114-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 303748

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8114-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/25/2026

Updated: 3/27/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-28296

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gvfs-fuse, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gvfs-daemons, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gvfs-backends, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gvfs-libs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gvfs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gvfs-common

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-28295, CVE-2026-28296

USN: 8114-1