Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-32288

medium Nessus Plugin ID 305652

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.

- tar.Reader can allocate an unbounded amount of memory when reading a maliciously-crafted archive containing a large number of sparse regions encoded in the old GNU sparse map format. (CVE-2026-32288)

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-2026-32288

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-32288

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 305652

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_32288.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/9/2026

Updated: 4/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32288

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-manpages, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-catatonit, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-bin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mssql, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-dnf-json, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-race, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-dnf-json, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-worker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-race, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-cloudwatch, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.15, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:delve, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-loki, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:conmon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-misc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:weldr-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-bin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-tests, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.24, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:go-toolset, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-worker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-manpages, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.26, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:weldr-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:image-builder, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:conmon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-catatonit, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.19, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:image-builder, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-misc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.25, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:delve, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mssql

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: 4/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32288