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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-40977

medium Nessus Plugin ID 311001

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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.

 - When an application is configured to use `ApplicationPidFileWriter`, a local attacker with write access to the PID file's location can corrupt one file on the host each time the application is started. Affected:
 Spring Boot 4.0.04.0.5 (fix 4.0.6), 3.5.03.5.13 (fix 3.5.14), 3.4.03.4.15 (fix 3.4.16), 3.3.03.3.18 (fix 3.3.19), 2.7.02.7.32 (fix 2.7.33); PID file / symlink behavior (`ApplicationPidFileWriter`).
 Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory. (CVE-2026-40977)

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-2026-40977

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 311001

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_40977.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/29/2026

Updated: 5/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40977

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40977