Detections
Analytics
Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-42371
medium Nessus Plugin ID 310600
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.- uriparser before 1.0.1 has numeric truncation in text range comparison, if an application accepts URIs with a length in gigabytes. (CVE-2026-42371)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 310600
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_42371.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 4/28/2026
Updated: 4/28/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.1
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42371
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.1
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:uriparser, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:uriparser, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:uriparser-devel, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:uriparser, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:uriparser-devel, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, 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: 4/27/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-42371