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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-5260

high Nessus Plugin ID 311226

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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.

 - A flaw was found in libgnutls. A remote attacker, by sending an extremely short premaster secret during an RSA key exchange to a server using an RSA key backed by a PKCS#11 token, could trigger a short heap overread. This memory corruption vulnerability could lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2026-5260)

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-2026-5260

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-5260

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 311226

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_5260.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/30/2026

Updated: 6/3/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-5260

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-dane, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-dane, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnutls28, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-c%2b%2b

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-5260