Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-5107

medium Nessus Plugin ID 304341

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 vulnerability has been found in FRRouting FRR up to 10.5.1. This affects the function process_type2_route of the file bgpd/bgp_evpn.c of the component EVPN Type-2 Route Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. The attack can be initiated remotely. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is reported as difficult. The identifier of the patch is 7676cad65114aa23adde583d91d9d29e2debd045. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.
(CVE-2026-5107)

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-2026-5107

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-5107

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 304341

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_5107.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/30/2026

Updated: 3/31/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-5107

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.2

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:frr10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:frr-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:frr, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:frr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:frr-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:frr-contrib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:frr10, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:frr-contrib, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:frr, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0

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: 3/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-5107