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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-40970
medium Nessus Plugin ID 310806
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.- When configured to use an SSL bundle, Spring Boot's Elasticsearch auto-configuration does not perform hostname verification when connecting to the Elasticsearch server. Affected: Spring Boot 4.0.04.0.5;
upgrade to 4.0.6 or later per vendor advisory. (CVE-2026-40970)
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: 310806
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_40970.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 4/29/2026
Updated: 4/29/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
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-2026-40970
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:log4j-jcl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:log4j-web, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:log4j-web, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:log4j-jcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:log4j, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:log4j, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:log4j-slf4j, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:log4j-slf4j
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-2026-40970