Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-40243

low Nessus Plugin ID 311660

Version 1.8

May 18, 2026, 10:04 AM

  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 4.0)
  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N")

Plugin Feed: 202605181004

Version 1.7

May 18, 2026, 3:54 AM

  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 4.3)
  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N")
  • Detection (updated detection logic)
  • Plugin metadata

Plugin Feed: 202605180354

Version 1.6

May 12, 2026, 8:32 AM

  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 4.0)
  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N")
  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 4.8)
  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N")
  • CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 threat vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/E:P")
  • CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:POC/RL:U/RC:C")
  • CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:U/RC:C")
  • Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "True")
  • Exploit attributes ("Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available")

Plugin Feed: 202605120832

Version 1.5

May 7, 2026, 1:46 PM

  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 4.3)
  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N")
  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 5.9)
  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N")
  • CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2026-40243, severity decreased from "High" to "Medium")
  • CVSSv3 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Medium")
  • Plugin metadata

Plugin Feed: 202605071346

Version 1.4

May 7, 2026, 8:04 AM

  • CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 2.3)
  • CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 threat vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/E:U")
  • CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N")
  • CVSSv4 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low")

Plugin Feed: 202605070804

Version 1.3

May 5, 2026, 10:13 PM

  • Detection (updated detection logic)
  • Plugin metadata

Plugin Feed: 202605052213

Version 1.2

May 3, 2026, 4:59 AM

  • Detection (updated detection logic)
  • Plugin metadata

Plugin Feed: 202605030459

Version 1.1

May 2, 2026, 11:12 PM

  • New

Plugin Feed: 202605022312

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