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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-4897

high Nessus Plugin ID 303884

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.

 - A flaw was found in polkit. A local user can exploit this by providing a specially crafted, excessively long input to the `polkit-agent-helper-1` setuid binary via standard input (stdin). This unbounded input can lead to an out-of-memory (OOM) condition, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the system.
 (CVE-2026-4897)

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-2026-4897

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 303884

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_4897.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/26/2026

Updated: 3/26/2026

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-2026-4897

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:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-desktop-policy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-desktop-policy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-libs

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: 3/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-4897