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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-41082

high Nessus Plugin ID 306846

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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.

 - In OCaml opam before 2.5.1, a .install field containing a destination filepath can use ../ to reach a parent directory. (CVE-2026-41082)

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-2026-41082

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-41082

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 306846

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_41082.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/16/2026

Updated: 4/29/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41082

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ocaml-dune, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:opam, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ocaml-dune-emacs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10

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: 4/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41082