Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-41907

critical Nessus Plugin ID 310519

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.

- uuid is for the creation of RFC9562 (formerly RFC4122) UUIDs. Prior to 14.0.0, v3, v5, and v6 accept external output buffers but do not reject out-of-range writes (small buf or large offset). This allows silent partial writes into caller-provided buffers. This vulnerability is fixed in 14.0.0.
(CVE-2026-41907)

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-2026-41907

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-41907

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-41907

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 310519

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_41907.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/27/2026

Updated: 5/13/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41907

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:uuid-c%2b%2b, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tdx-qgs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mssql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:uuid-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-pcp, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-uuid, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:uuid-php, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-stackdriver, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-lib389, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-dashboard, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-machines, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-ws, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-pccs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-ws-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-bdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-composer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-mpa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-system, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-bridge, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-pccs-admin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-ws-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:uuid-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-storaged, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcs-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:uuid-dce-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:uuid-pgsql, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-pccs-admin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-pcp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-dashboard, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tdx-qgs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:uuid-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-system, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-machines, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-packagekit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-elasticsearch, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-composer, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mysql, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozjs60-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:uuid-c%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-bdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:uuid, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-packagekit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:uuid, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:node-uuid, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcs-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:uuid-c%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:uuid-dce, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-pckid-tool, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-bridge, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozjs60, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-lib389, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-pccs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-ws, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:uuid-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:uuid-php, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:uuid-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:uuid-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-storaged, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:uuid-dce, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-pckid-tool, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:uuid-dce-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-mpa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mssql

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41907