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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-25645
medium Nessus Plugin ID 303843
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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.- Requests is a HTTP library. Prior to version 2.33.0, the `requests.utils.extract_zipped_paths()` utility function uses a predictable filename when extracting files from zip archives into the system temporary directory. If the target file already exists, it is reused without validation. A local attacker with write access to the temp directory could pre-create a malicious file that would be loaded in place of the legitimate one. Standard usage of the Requests library is not affected by this vulnerability. Only applications that call `extract_zipped_paths()` directly are impacted. Starting in version 2.33.0, the library extracts files to a non-deterministic location. If developers are unable to upgrade, they can set `TMPDIR` in their environment to a directory with restricted write access. (CVE-2026-25645)
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-2026-25645
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 303843
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_25645.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 3/26/2026
Updated: 4/8/2026
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25645
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-pip, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-ibm-powervs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-ilo-mp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3.12-pip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-heuristics-ping, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-heuristics-ping, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-wti, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-rsa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-wti, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-cisco-ucs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-emerson, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-openstack, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ilo2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.11-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-virt, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-ibm-vpc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-ilo-ssh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ibmblade, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-compute, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-eps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-kubevirt, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-rhevm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-ifmib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-redfish, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-rhevm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.11-pip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-virtd-tcp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-vmware-rest, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-virtd-cpg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-vmware-rest, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-pip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resource-agents-paf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-virtd-tcp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-ipmilan, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-kubevirt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-virtd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-apc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-sbd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-cisco-ucs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-vmware-soap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-rsb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resource-agents-gcp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-aws, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.14-pip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-intelmodular, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resource-agents-paf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-virtd-serial, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resource-agents-aliyun, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-drac5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-kdump, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-aliyun, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3.12-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resource-agents, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resource-agents-aliyun, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-eaton-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-scsi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-emerson, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-all, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resource-agents, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-zvm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-ipdu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-brocade, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-lpar, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ha-cloud-support, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ilo-mp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-vmware-soap, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ibm-powervs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-cisco-mds, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-eps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-intelmodular, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-brocade, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3.11-pip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ilo-ssh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-scsi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-mpath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-eaton-snmp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-ilo2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-virtd-cpg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ibm-vpc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pip, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-azure-arm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3.11-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-zvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ifmib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-mpath, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-pip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-aws, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-gce, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:platform-python-pip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-lpar, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:platform-python-pip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-azure-arm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-virtd-libvirt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-aliyun, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-rsa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-bladecenter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-virtd-libvirt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-openstack, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resource-agents-gcp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-drac5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-bladecenter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-virt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-compute, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-ibmblade, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ipmilan, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3.14-pip, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:requests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-virtd-multicast, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ilo-moonshot, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-virtd-multicast, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-cisco-mds, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-kdump, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-apc, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-hpblade, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-rsb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-all, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-nutanix-ahv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-ipdu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-nutanix-ahv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12-pip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-ilo-moonshot, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-apc-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-gce, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-virsh, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-apc-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-amt-ws, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-virtd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-hpblade, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-virsh, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-redfish, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-agents-sbd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-virtd-serial, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fence-agents-amt-ws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:requests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ha-cloud-support
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-25645