The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers.
    From 45.0.0 to before 46.0.7, if a non-contiguous buffer was passed to APIs which accepted Python buffers     (e.g. Hash.update()), this could lead to buffer overflows. This vulnerability is fixed in 46.0.7.
    (CVE-2026-39892)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-39892

medium Nessus Plugin ID 305732

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 Apr 10, 2026, 8:54 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 8.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202604100854
Version 1.1 Apr 9, 2026, 3:08 PM New Plugin Feed: 202604091508