The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - mfd: macsmc: Initialize mutex Initialize struct apple_smc's mutex in apple_smc_probe(). Using the mutex     uninitialized surprisingly resulted only in occasional NULL pointer dereferences in apple_smc_read() calls     from the probe() functions of sub devices. (CVE-2026-43160)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-43160

medium Nessus Plugin ID 313121

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Version 1.5 May 25, 2026, 10:30 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202605252230
Version 1.3 May 21, 2026, 4:37 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 5.6) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202605210437
Version 1.1 May 8, 2026, 1:55 AM New Plugin Feed: 202605080155